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THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE 
EDEN AGE 

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Copyright, 1906, by S. O. McClung 



The 

ANNUNCIATION OF 

THE EDEN AGE 



By 
S. O. McCLUNG 



WILLIAMS, IND. 
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 

1906 



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DEDICATION 

to all the people of the 

independent republic of the united states 

of america, the holders of the 

republic in the past, present and future 

(we are the descendants and children 

by adoption of the fathers of this 

government, which holy government was 

given us by god through the heroic 

efforts of both the silent and 

living victors of the american revolution 

and rebellion), this volume is 

respectfully dedicated by 

The Author. 



CONTEXTS 

TARTS AND FIGURES. 

PAGE 

Part One 21 

Part Two 35 

Part Three 78 



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Figure One, The Cherubim ...]/. At front 

Figure Two, The Circle of the Age. . \i. 34 

Figure Three, The Prophetic Zodiac 80 

Figure Four, The Seraphim . . .1/ 91 

Figure Five, The Bow as a Token of a Covenant 132 

Figure Six, The Bow of Perpetual Generations 133 

Figure Seven, The Globe 1 62 

Figure Eight, The Rose of Sharon 200 

The Book of Life 204 

TEXT. 

Three Reasons For This Book Being Odd 17 

Instruction on the Cherubim 21 

Instruction on Figure Number Two '35 

Annunciation's Tribute of Love and Respect to the Presidents 41 

The Twelve Articles 43 

The Four Cards 73 

The Holy Prophets 75 

The Almanac 81 

The Seraphim 92 

Fairy North and South America 95 

The Gardener and the Hunter 97 

The Great Park 98 

Genesis on Creation 99 



CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

The Report of the End of the Age 108 

A Talk on the One River With Four Heads in 

Reference to the Words Cherubim and Eden 119 

The Indian 125 

The World's Grand Jubilee Told in Poetry * 126 

The Covenant 134 

The Ancient Landmark 135 

The Antediluvian People 135 

The Rebuilding of the West Hemisphere 139 

Supplication 139 

The Annunciation's Numbers in the World's Hieroglyphic. 140 

The Light of the World 143 

Sunrise and Sunset of the Ages 145 

The Prophetic writings are a Mystery 146 

The Vision of the Sealed Book 148 

The Seven Last Plagues 151 

The Prophetic Scale 151 

Adam's Wife Named Eve 154 

The Seers 155 

The Study of History by Geographical Lines 163 

The Battle of Armageddon 171 

The Unsealing of China 1 74 

The Nations On the Fortieth Parallel 1 78 

The Wheel On the Highway of Time 183 

The Route of the Visions 187 

The Names of the Divisions of Time in Each Hemisphere 

During the Circle of Six Thousand Years 194 

The Gathering Together of All the Tribes and Nations of 

the World 196 

The Rose of' Sharon 201 

The Book of Life 205 



PREFACE 

The Annunciation of the Eden Age is, I sup- 
pose, the first intimation to our nation of the end 
of the age. And its mission is to cause the think- 
ing person to remember the twentieth century is 
U the closing century of an age, and always is.-«L_ 
/ Just as the twelfth month is the closing month 
y of a year and always is, so is the twentieth cen- 
tury the closing century of an age. And as the 
Xew Year, with its new style of date, is always 
at hand at the close of the twelfth month, so is 
the Xew Age, with its new style of date, always 
at hand at the close "of the twentieth century. 

It is the custom of the nation to have the com- 
mon almanacs of the coming year distributed 
among the people during the last month of the 
year, so also should the World's Almanac of the 
Ages be distributed among the people during the 
last century of the age. Consider this the Twen- 
tieth Century Almanac. 

The divisions of a year are twelve months. y / <^c?. 
pVC^rtt The divisions of an age are twenty centuries.^. &Q (j£aJ 

There are fifty-two common weeks in a year, and \ 
there are twelve prophetic weeks in an age. (See 
figure two on the prophetic weeks, page 34. ) 

As the twentieth century after Christ is now 
here, and this being the last century of the two 

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io THE EDEN AGE 

thousand years since Christ, it closes the period 
of time known as the Christian or Gentile A ge, 
which age is styled '"A. D." 

The time of this Gentile Age is represented on 
the Cherubim (Fig. No. one) between the arrow 
named Christ and the one named Eden. It is 
the part of the outside circle numbered three, 
and is the fifth and sixth thousand years, from 
the point at which Moses (the great Jewish 
leader) began to reckon time ; which point was 
Eden, and is considered by all Bible historians to 
be about four thousand and four years B. C. 
(See the date in your Bible in the reference col- 
umn at first chapter of Genesis.) 

This age will be complete at nineteen hundred 
and ninety-nine, A. D., which is ninety-five years 
in the future, this being the year nineteen hundred 
and five, in which the annunciation was written. 

The style which this Gentile or A. D. Age was 
recognized by the foremost nations of the world 
was the letters A, D, which mean "A day of our 
Lord/' and signify the beginning of the new 
count of time for this age, at the birth of Christ, 
as near as possible'. 

At the close of this century this Gentile Age 
will be ended, and the style of reckoning which 
is A. D. will be null (void). 

This United States government will at that 
time be in the hands of a generation which at 
this present time is unborn, whose duty it will be 



THE EDEX AGE n 

to nullify this form (A. D.) used to designate the 
past age, and institute or substitute the word Eden. 

It will be their duty to order the new style in 
force, which style should come in vogue during 
this present century, and should continue in force 
from now on until the opening of the twentieth 
century in the future. 

Then, and at that time, teachers of the ages will 
come forth teaching the people the end of this 
Eden Age, just as I am come teaching you the end 
of this A. D. Age during this twentieth century. 

Changes are taught and wrought by the sim- 
plest kind of teaching through all ages. 

People of the past are no more than people of 
the present, and people of the past did the teach- 
ing of the past, and people of the present must 
do the teaching of the present time, and should 
look to the future, as the past is ours no more. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

The end of the age teaching is done only three 
times during the circle of the cherubim of the 
ages (6,000 years), and that is during the twen- 
tieth century of each age, and therefore sounds 
very peculiar to the people who are living at the 
time of its appearing. 

* CIRCLE TEACHING 

Circle teaching is the only way the human race 
can be redeemed in mind of the day and asfe of 



12 THE EDEN AGE 

time in which they are living. Therefore, con- 
sider the ages, as you do the years, months, weeks 
and days. It is, year after year ; January after 
January and Monday after Monday. These 
names hold good century after century ; so do the 
names Eden, Flood and Christ hold good age 
after age. 

We are told that at the end of the days (ages) 
the God of Heaven would establish or set up a 
kingdom (ruling) which should never be thrown 
down. Therefore, let us not be too supersti- 
tious lest we fail to see the beauties of the ever- 
lasting kingdom (ruling) and be found trying 
to throw it down instead of keeping it up. 

Circle — Continual—Everlasting. 

This future two thousand years I introduce to 
you in the name of Eden. 

This being the foremost nation among the na- 
tions of the world it is expected to lead in setting 
examples for the benefit of all nations. That is 
why I write this annunciation in the name of all 
the children of the American Republic, this being 
of national interest, instead of individual. 

This age should be established as the Eden 
Age. This should be the style or form by which 
the. coming age should be known, which form I 
believe to be the duty of some one living at the 
beginning of this century to introduce, which is 
the only object of this annunciation. 

The foundation upon which the unborn genera- 



THE EDEN AGE 13 

tion must base their work, must be laid by this 
present generation, which is in possession of the 
government, and the properties of the states, at 
the beginning of this twentieth century. 

This foundation, or style of reckoning, must 
be set forth by some individual ; some one person 
has to always set forth or proclaim a new thing 
or theme, then others stand for such proclama- 
tion, and that makes them parties of the theme, 
and furthers the cause of the thing proclaimed. 

All history teaches us there has to be a fore- 
runner in every discovery, and the forerunner 
might be called the scapegoat (see Leviticus xvi, 
8), because such person looks simple in the eyes 
of the majority of the people. John the Baptist's 
theme sounded simple to the people ; so did Co- 
lumbus's theme that the world was round ; so did 
Fulton's theme of the steamboat, and so does the 
Eden theme of Samuel the Scapegoat. 

The individual that first breaks into new 
things, or puts on the new style of clothes, is 
noticed more particularly by the people than those 
that follow later, and they are usually looked at 
as simple and out of place. This is all right. It 
is the' reward given all persons who become the 
forerunners of all new themes. 

There is a very sympathetic story written of 
the persons that taught the beginning of this age 
at the Christ period of time under the Govern- 
ment of the East. But under Old Glorv of the 



14 THE EDEN AGE 

West, I glory, knowing also that every man, who 
becomes an introducer of different thought at 
this day and, time, must bear his shame willingly, 
and call it all joy when he falls into different 
temptations, for such was the fate of all intro- 
ducers of the new themes during the past age 
down to the close of the nineteenth century, ac- 
cording to history. Therefore, if I should be- 
come the central figure of the finger of scorn on 
account of this epistle, I shall bear my shame will- 
ingly, knowing that this new age must be estab- 
lished in the interest of all people, kindred, tongue 
and tribe. 

The end of the age must be taught, for the time 
is at hand. 

There should be no selfish motive in this procla- 
mation. It should not be done in the interest of 
any one individual, sect or creed. The form or 
fashion, which I herein set forth, and the reasons 
why such form is set forth, are open for investi- 
gation, inspection, comment and discussion by all 
persons who wish to wrestle with the subject: 
public speakers, newspapers, magazines, etc. This 
is done in the interest of all the children of the 
great American Republic, though penned by one 
alone ; it is in the name of all, and I consider the 
interests, of all. 

We have now reached the fifth year of this 
century, and no special publication has been made 
on this subject (that is, to my knowledge), and 



THE EDEN AGE 15 

now I set my hand and pen to this document to 
set in order the things I believe to be necessary 
at this time. 

I have been speaking publicly on this subject 
since the first year of this century, and expect to 
continue so doing, what time I live in this cen- 
tury, knowing that long before this century is 
past I will have taken my departure, and I now 
publish this document, which I believe will be a 
great help to many persons, especially those that 
are interested in past, present and future history, 
the future welfare of themselves and their de- 
scendants ; and also give you a clearer conception 
of my views of the welfare of the coming gen- 
erations, all through the coming Eden Age. 

The style which I have herein set forth, and 
the year, month and day that I publicly intro- 
duced it, will be seen on figure Xo. 1. On the 
scroll at the right of the Eden arrow will be seen 
Eden 5, 4, 3, which means Eden fifth year, fourth 
month and third day. In the common style it 
would be reckoned as April the third, nineteen 
hundred and five, A. D. 

I consider this the proper year to announce the 
style ; the first of Genesis is considered four thou- 
sand and four years B. C., and we teach in our 
schools that Rome missed the date four years ; 
so I introduce four years late. But I consider 
the lost number in the count in each age is six 
years instead of four years ; during this six years 



16 THE EDEN AGE 

the lost count is introduced. We have been in 
the six years — five years now — and I consider 
this the finding and the announcing of the lost 
count. (See article No. 10 in Part Two.) Count 
the years between the lost six in the morning and 
evening of this age, leaving out of the count the 
two sixes marked lost, and the result is twenty 
centuries. This four or six years is not lost, you 
will find, by studying deeply the common and 
prophetic history. 

I believe it to be the duty of this independent 
republic of America to think about this form or 
fashion herein set forth, and to consider carefully 
the object and the design of the annunciation, so 
that our children may be able to accept the same 
at the close of this century, for the purpose for 
which it is intended. 

This is the desire of the one who penned this 
proclamation ; not in his name at all, but in the 
name of all the children who have figured in 
America's history from the earliest dawn or land- 
ing of civilization, on her golden shores ; from 
the discovery down to the present time, ever in 
memory of the American Indian, the first pos- 
sessor ; Christopher Columbus, our beloved dis- 
coverer ; Pilgrim Fathers, declarators and the 
preservers of the Union, God blessed forever and 
ever. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 



INTRODUCTION 

THREE REASONS FOR THIS BOOK BEING ODD 

Certainly you find this book quite different 
from any book you have ever seen or read, and 
it is right you should. 

First Reason : Because it is circle teaching, 
and is teaching the end of this age, and the begin- 
ning of the new or Eden Age, which teaching is 
only indulged in during the twentieth century of 
each age. 

And as I am living in and am a citizen of this 
republic of America, in the middle age or prime 
of life, at the opening of the twentieth century, 
and, being well acquainted with common and 
prophetic history, I have, under the protection of 
this holy government, which was purchased with 
the blood of our fathers, the privilege of intro- 
ducing to you the end of this age and the birth of 
the new. This would have been very unlawful 
under old government of the East, to have openly 
declared the end of the age, which things men 
did do, knowing at that time that it was strictly 
against the government, and many sacrificed their 

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18 THE EDEN AGE 

lives for it. But under Old Glory, our flag, 
which was given this nation for the protection 
of the proclamation of the Eden Age, I glory. 
Having openly declared the end of this age, and 
announced the new, over and above politics, re- 
ligion, business, individuals, sects and creeds, I 
feel it my duty to write this short book of expla- 
nation (the Annunciation) for having done so. 

Second Reason : Because this book teaches you 
of the three ages in short and prophetic style. 
The two ages back of Christ are handled in pro- 
phetic history, and this last, or third, age is han- 
dled in both common and prophetic history. The 
second part shows you the prophetic weeks of 
this third age, and these weeks are the same in 
each age, and are applicable to each coming age, 
just as the twelve months of the past year are 
applicable to each coming year. (See figure 
No. 2, page 34.) The end of the age should 
be taught, for the time is at hand. 

Third Reason : For its peculiarity. I want it 
peculiarly different, so I can explain the peculiar 
theme, which is the prophetic divisions of time, 
known as the prophetic scale, or measuring reed, 
spoken of by Daniel and John the Revelator, as 
the time, and times, and a half time. And in 
common meaning is three times, and a half, which 
is a fraction, and we further divide the three 
whole numbers into halves, and then this gives 



THE EDEN AGE 19 

us seven halves, and is the number of the clays 
of the prophetic week, which is seven divisions of 
time, which Daniel calls the seven times, and John 
calls them the seven churches, candle-sticks, 
trumpets, stars, plagues, seals and thunders, and 
many other names are used, but all mean the 
same. 

In these three times and a half, which is the 
number seven, is hidden the mystery of the fu- 
ture, and these weeks grow longer through the 
first thousand years of an age, and they become 
shorter in the second thousand years of an age. 
This is why the nations lose knowledge of the 
meaning of the time, and times, and half time, 
during the two thousand years of an age, on ac- 
count of their changing length. And when these 
periods of time become so short at the close of 
the age, the nation sees them fulfilled, which 
causes us to recognize the end of the age, and 
teach a new age. After nineteen eight is past 
we will be entering the period of time in which 
the prophetic writings will become plain to 
many people, which things I want to reveal to 
you in a plainer and simpler way, by entering into 
a line of thought which I will call the Almanac. 
After considering this line of thought we will 
better understand the sayings of Daniel and 
John, for a time, and times, and a half time. 

It is like taking our common week and calling 



20 THE EDEN AGE 

Monday and Tuesday one time, Wednesday and 
Thursday the second time, and Friday and Sat- 
urday the third time, and Sunday the half a time. 
These three times and a half are what is called 
the tombs of the prophets, which, later on in this 
work, I will try to write a short story about, 
showing you how the Great Ruler in different 
divisions of time brings into existence things 
that are not (page 135). 






PART ONE 

INSTRUCTION ON THE CHERUBIM 

The word "Cherubim" was first used by Moses 
in the third chapter of Genesis, and twenty-fourth 
verse. Its meaning is the circle of time. You can 
draw a cherubim of a year's time, a month's time, 
a week's time. The three grand divisions of the 
cherubim are the full circle of time, and the half 
time is the first half of the first division in start- 
ing around the circle again. (See numbers thir- 
teen and fourteen in figure eight.) 

The first thing to be considered in the Annun- 
ciation is the divisions of time. The first divi- 
sion is from Eden to the Flood, the second is 
from the Flood to Christ, the third is from Christ 
to Eden again, which time the present century 
will complete. Or, in other words, the teaching 
during this twentieth century must complete. It 
took ninety-six years of the century at the begin- 
ning of this age to complete the end of the Jewish 
Age. We know that from the birth of Christ to 
the Revelation was ninety-six years. And I 
know that from the birth of circle teaching in this 

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22 THE EDEN AGE 

twentieth century until the national revelation 
will take most of this entire century ; that is, for 
the nation to recognize the necessity of the 
change of this style of age. 

For the purpose of explaining circle teaching 
of the ages, I have drawn a cherubim- of the ages. 
(The design numbered one.) It is the zodiac of 
the ages, and has twelve signs in the inner circle, 
six in the middle circle, three in the outer circle. 
This is the foundation of circle teaching of the 
ages, and is the only way I can convey to your 
mind the necessity of changing the name of the 
age and the starting of a new count at the end of 
each two thousand years, which is the length of 
an age. But right here I want to say that it will 
be hard for you to understand why the first year 
of this century is Eden One. But if you will fol- 
low me through the line of thought you will then 
be able to see why it is. The appearance of the 
cherubim is like a wheel, in the middle of a wheel. 
In studying the cherubim we first notice the like- 
ness of the clock face ; then we notice the inner 
circle has twelve signs, which is typical of the 
twelve hours, on a common timepiece, and when 
these twelve signs are past, that circle of time is 
out or past. Then in the next circle are six designs. 
These represent the six thousand years from 
Eden to Eden again. Then in the outside circle 
are three designs, or divisions, which represent 



THE EDEN AGE 23 

the three ages from Eden to Eden again, and are 
numbered one, two and three. Then we see the 
three arrows stationed around, at equal distance 
from each other, and named Eden, Flood and 
Christ, which divide the full circle of time into 
three grand parts, and we reckon them as the 
three ages, known in common history as the Ante- 
diluvian, Jewish and Gentile Ages. Next we no- 
tice the two long arrows, which are not named, 
but are numbered three and six, and evenly divide 
the full circle of time into two grand parts. This 
places six signs of the inner circle to the right of 
the arrows, and six to the left. The six to the 
right, and numbered twelve, one, two, three, four 
and five, show the time allotted the great nations 
of the western hemisphere to become renowned, 
distinguished and famous during the circle of the 
ages. And the figures at the left of the continent 
arrow's are six to eleven, and are three thousand 
years, the time allotted the nations of the eastern 
hemisphere to become renowned. The numbers 
of the time of the nations of the East are out, and 
the numbers of the antediluvian nations, which 
are the nations of the Americas, which are the 
antediluvian continents, are just now coming in. 
And as our nation is the Nation, according to the 
prophetic writings, the one in the western hemi- 
sphere, which has in her hand the antediluvian 
flag, money and government, and keeping the law 



24 THE EDEN AGE 

which is the time, and times, and half time, and 
is stepping to the front at the beginning of the 
Eden Age, it is the one that will have to declare 
the new age. Just as the Romans of the East had 
to declare the change at the beginning of this age, 
we, the Romans of the West, must declare the 
change at the close of this age. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

America was discovered at the beginning of 
the twelfth sign of the zodiac, of the ages, which 
sign is the twelfth division of time on the cheru- 
bim, which is the last five hundred years of the 
six thousand years of the world's history. And 
during this twelfth division of time I can see the 
great and mighty nation was made, and was 
given this Christian government, flag and money, 
so that she could come forward through this 
twentieth century, which is the last and first cen- 
tury of the history of ages, heralding the Eden 
Age unto all nations. 

The twelfth month of the ages will soon be 
out, and the great design of the ages must change. 
The twelfth sign of the zodiac of the ages will be 
completely out at ninety-five years from now, and 
a new circle of ages will be at hand, and the fig- 
ures must change, and this changing of the style 
of the ages must be sufficiently taught during this 
century to establish the new style, so our people 



THE EDEX AGE 25 

will be able to hold the great and first hundredth 
anniversary at the close of this century. January 
is always the name of the first part of the cir- 
cle of a year, and Eden is always the name of 
the first part of the circle of the ages. As I 
have said before, this is written more in the in- 
terest of the unborn generation than the present 
one, but let all of this present generation that are 
interested in this epistle read, whether they act 
or not, whether they believe or not. 

This is the annunciation. 

Eden one, one and one is past. It was passed 
at the close of the first year, first month and first 
day of this century. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

Unfold the figure number one, so you can 
notice it as you read. We will now notice the 
two great continents of God's creation, and by 
holding the figure upright, it shows the Americas 
to be the upper continents of the creation or 
globe. Xow while you are looking at this pic- 
ture, imagine you can see Christopher Columbus 
and his band in three small, rude crafts, taking 
a long, mysterious journey, sailing up to the up- 
per garden of God's globe. To what we might 
call the natural zoological garden of God's crea- 
tion, which we have found, by the great mounds 
and foundations of once populous cities, and the 



26 THE EDEN AGE 

hermetically sealed vaults, to be the country in- 
habited by the intelligent ancient or Eden na- 
tions, at the beginning of the Cherubic Circle six 
thousand years ago. And this makes the story 
of God driving the intelligent .man out of the 
Garden of Eden more plausible, for we readily 
see that God drives us out of summer into winter, 
and out of winter into summer, and out of the 
west hemisphere into the east, and out of the 
east into the west, and in both cases it is time 
that God uses to drive man from one condition 
to another, and from one great continent to an- 
other, and God used time, so history shows us, to 
drive the Indian from intelligence to the opposite 
extreme and is using time to drive him again 
from the latter condition back into intelligence, 
and so when God gets ready to overthrow the 
world, he does it; and when he got ready to re- 
build the overthrown America, he sent his ser- 
vant, Christopher Columbus, to unlock the long- 
lost garden for us. He came over here where God 
had a people which we call the Indians, whose 
face you see represented at the right of his conti- 
nent, and he was keeping the sleeping or resting 
Americans for the servants of the east that had 
the word of God in their hands, in which was the 
promise of God that they should return into that 
land, and rebuild it again. (See Jeremiah xxxii, 
15, also Deuteronomy vhi, 7.) 



THE EDEX AGE 27 

The Indian was keeping this beautiful conti- 
nent in a natural condition, so it would have 
beautiful timber and fertile land for us to enjoy, 
and God watched over them just as He does us, 
and he sent the daylight and the darkness daily 
to them as He did to our ancestors of the East, 
and He sent them the spring, summer, fall and 
winter, the rains and the storms. 

But God kept him isolated here until the great 
prophetic timepiece began striking the midnight 
hour of the ages, then He sent our beloved Chris- 
topher Columbus to unlock America's golden 
shores, for the golden-sunset nation, which is to 
establish the Eden or golden proclamation for 
every tribe and nation, and teach them God's 
great purpose in so handling His creation, which 
is only perpetuation, which is a kingdom, ruling, 
or priesthood after the order of Melchisedek, 
which has neither beginning nor ending of days. 

Daniel spoke of this period of time, and called 
it the time of the end, when many would run to 
and fro, and said knowledge would increase, and 
that many people should come to the knowledge 
of the prophets, God's holy writers, saying: "But 
the people that do know their God shall be strong 
and do exploits, and they that understand among 
the people shall instruct many ; yet they shall fall 
by the sword, and by flame, by captivity and by 
spoil, many days. And some of them of under- 



28 THE EDEN AGE 

standing shall fall, to try them, and to purge and 
to make them white, even to the time of the end ; 
because it is yet for a time appointed/ 7 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

The descendants of the blood of the East are 
in possession of all the continents and the isles 
of the seas, and civilization and government are 
again seen throughout the entire world. The 
twentieth century is full of beauties, the greatest 
day and age of the world is at hand. Let us wake 
up from our deep sleep to all truth, and ask God's 
blessing upon the golden-sunset nation, in the 
ushering in of this century ; that we may be able 
to pass this great reform, which now confronts 
us, so early in the century without having to be- 
hold the great desolations that have always 
marked the close of mighty national reform in 
all the past centuries. For why should such 
great desolations mark the end of each era or 
epoch as we have seen by history all the way 
down the highway of time to the present ? May 
the Most High God bless our country and nation 
through this holy night, which now confronts us, 
and preserve her beauties, for the mighty and 
wonderful sacrifices she made each holy night in 
the past two centuries, at seventy-six, and from 
sixty-one to sixty-five, is the holy petition of the 
annunciation. 



THE EDEN AGE 29 

For nations are always slow to recognize the 
things most essential to the welfare of those who 
shall follow after, and may our nation be fore- 
most in now seeing the need of a preparation of 
the future age, for the future generations, and 
this great thirst for wealth and possession, which 
is so visible at present amqng the children of the 
republic, be quenched by a deep and profound 
study of the past before great desolations mark 
the end of this running to excess. 

Ecclesiastes i, 10, reads : "Is there anything 
whereof it may be said, See this is new ? It hath 
been already of old time, which was before us." 
He knew 7 that the circle of the ages held all sea- 
sons, and at the Eden season we would have all 
the beautiful ships, trains, electric lights, gas en- 
gines, telegraph and telephones, printing presses, 
and all the Eden trinkets in the Eden season 
again, just as well as you know r the circle of one 
year holds all the seasons, and at the Christmas 
season, the people will have all the Christmas 
trinkets*, and at Easter season, they would have 
the Easter trinkets, etc. Everything in its season. 

This century will reveal many wonderful na- 
tional and world-wide events, and if I am not 
mistaken, they will be revealed in the early or 
fore part of this century. This is the rapid and 
shifting century, and when this century came to 
the Jewish Age to close it out at the days of 



30 THE EDEN AGE 

Christ, there were not many people that were 
able to see that it was the century of the cross 
from the Jewish Age to the Gentile Age. Many 
people at this time will not be able to understand 
that this is the century of the cross from the Gen- 
tile Age to the Eden Age again. They will be 
confused and disgusted with the speedy changes, 
whip-arounds and turn-arounds and hurtle of re- 
ligious bodies, political bodies, social bodies, or- 
ders and organizations of every kind and char- 
acter. All financial affairs arid family affairs are 
in the shifting and sifting rolls through this com- 
ing eighteen years, after nineteen hundred and 
seven, for that is what John calls the six hundred, 
three score and six. And is, in common, the three 
sixes which are the beginning numbers of an 
age, and will mark all, "rich and poor, great and 
small, free and bond, and will cause all of them 
to receive a mark in the forehead, or hand, and 
that no man shall buy or sell, save he that has 
the mark, or the name of the beast, or the num- 
ber of his name." (Marking is educating.) 
Watch these three sixes, which are the eighteen 
coming years, and is the educating season ; and 
whatever you belong to, be true to it, and what- 
ever position you hold, be honest in it, and if you 
hold positions of trust, don't betray your fellow 
men. This is the season of treachery. Watch. 
I will now recite some facts about time. Eden, 



THE EDEN AGE 31 

Flood and Christ, after Eden, Flood and Christ 
are regular in succession every six thousand 
years. Spring, summer, fall and winter, after 
spring, summer, fall and winter, are regular in 
succession every three hundred and sixty-five 
days. January, February, [March and April, after 
January, February, March and April, etc., are 
regular in succession every year, year after year. 
[Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri- 
day, Saturday and Sunday, after Monday, Tues- 
day, Wednesday, etc., are regular in succession, 
week after week, month after month, year after 
year, century after century, and age after age. 
You would have no faith at all in this almanac if 
it was predicting a natural burning up of the nat- 
ural creation, into natural ashes, and leaving no 
place to put the ashes. [Men, and hundreds of 
them, that are not geologists, know the earth and 
the stones, the hills and the valleys are more than 
six thousand years old. 

We read that at the Eden season, back in old 
time, man was put in the Garden of Eden to dress 
it and keep it (keep it dressed), and that God 
afterward drove the man out of the garden. ( See 
page 97, The Gardener and the Hunter.) 

Xow I reason like this : America was the Gar- 
den of Eden ; the intelligent people that possessed 
this country at the beginning of the past six thou- 
sand years was the man. (The word man, in 



32 THE EDEN AGE 

prophecy, means people.) Intelligent people once 
possessed this American continent, and what we 
call "intelligence" became extinct during the time 
of the cherubim. This is what I understand 
Moses to mean in his writings. Now what we 
call the civilized or intelligent man is again in 
possession of all of God's creation, dressing it 
and keeping it like a garden ; yes, this Eden con- 
tinent is in the Eden condition again, at the birth 
of this Eden century, and we are exchanging 
commercial products with all nations,- of all cli- 
mates and territories of the world. 

And this is a beautiful day and age of the 
world, I think; yes, I count the first twenty-five 
years of this present century the most holy part 
of the Gentile Age ; that is, since the days of 
Christ. This machinery age is wonderful, and 
when I think of the beauties of the world to-day 
I am carried away up in thought to the highest 
point that mortal man can reach. If the Bible, 
the holy history of the world, is applicable to 
every religion of the world, it surely is applicable 
to every season of the ages of the world. At 
least I think so. When the three months of the 
spring season are past the season will change. 
When the three months of the summer season are 
past the season will change. When the three 
months of the winter season are past the season 
will change. When this third age goes out the 



THE EDEN AGE 33 

style of the age will change. Who will lead, and 
who will follow ? Eden, is the name of the new 
age. The children of the American republic 
should lead, and the children of other govern- 
ments should follow. 



PART TWO 

INSTRUCTION ON FIGURE NUMBER TWO 

Figure two represents a circle of two thousand 
years of time, twenty centuries, and known as the 
Gentile Age, and numbered three on the cheru- 
bim, and styled A. D. The teaching of this A. D. 
Age was introduced during the first six years of 
the twentieth century of the Jewish Age, which 
six years are called the lost six in the morning of 
this A. D. Age. (It was John the Baptist's time.) 
The twentieth century of the Jewish Age became 
the first century of this A. D. Age, as you see it 
represented inside the circle. 

The first year of that twentieth century was 
A. D. I, the second year was A. D. 2, and the 
third year was A. D. 3, etc. All the way down 
through that century the figure next to the A. D. 
changed every year until that century closed at 
A. D. ninety-nine. Then the twentieth century, 
which was the changing century, became the first 
century of this age. That is, the last century be- 
came the first ; this is why I am teaching and try- 
ing to show you that this twentieth century in 

35 



Figure Two 
THE CIRCLE OF THE AGE 




36 THE EDEN AGE 

which you and I are living is the last century of 
this A. D. Age and should become the first cen- 
tury of this coming Eden Age. This is the cen- 
tury to which the changing figures belong. When 
the twentieth century closed at A. D. ninety-nine, 
then began the century numbered one, and is the 
second century inside the circle of this age. And 
all through this century the figure that stood next 
to the letters A. D. was the figure one, and repre- 
sented the first century throughout the entire sec- 
ond century, thus: A. D. I, i — I and I, a day of 
our Lord, first century, first year, first month and 
first day. Fifty years later, A. D. I, 50 — 1 and I, 
a day of our Lord, first century, fiftieth year, first 
month and first day. Fifty years later, A. D. 2, 
1 — 1 and 1, a day of our Lord, second century, 
first year, first month and first day. 

This shows the time at the beginning of the 
third century after Christ, and was the third cen- 
tury in this age, and is numbered two. And this 
figure two stood next to the letters A. D. through 
that entire century, and the figure three stood next 
to the letters A. D. through the following cen- 
tury, and so on all the way down the great street 
or highway of time to the present day. 

Now we are using the number nineteen hun- 
dred to designate this twentieth century. It is 
represented outside of the circle of the age as 
shown in figure two. And this century should be- 



THE EDEN AGE 37 

come the first century of the coming two thousand 
years, and is the Eden Century of the Eden Age. 
This change is made by beginning the new count 
of time as set forth in this annunciation. 

The style of the age, and the count of time for 
the coming twenty centuries I have introduced at 
the close of the four years, and during the six 
years, which six years is represented by the first 
figure six standing outside the circle of the age. 

During this six years the close of the past age 
must be proclaimed, and the birth of the new 
Eden Age announced. This six years is called 
the lost six years at the evening of the Gentile 
Age, and becomes the lost six years at the morn- 
ing of the Eden Age. I have started the count of 
this age at the first year of this century so our 
descendants can hold the first hundredth anni- 
versary ninety-six years from the annunciation. 

The figures around the great circle with the 
dotted lines running from them, show the cen- 
turies of the age, and show the Declaration of 
Independence to be in the eighteenth century and 
seventy-sixth year of said century, and is referred 
to in common by saying seventeen hundred and 
seventy-six. At that time the seventeenth century 
was past, and seventy-five years of the eighteenth 
century, when the Declaration was made. All 
through the nineteenth century we used the num- 
ber eighteen to designate the nineteenth century. 



38 THE EDEN AGE 

and you readily see that the Great Rebellion oc- 
curred in the nineteenth century, from the sixty- 
first to sixty-fifth year of that century. 

Now before I begin talking about the divisions 
of time, which are called the three days and a 
half, which time is also called the time, and 
times, and a half time, I want to call your at- 
tention to this fact : the Inquisition, Reformation, 
Revolution, and Rebellion, which are the great 
national events of the most progressive people on 
the globe, have occurred at the same period of 
time by Prophetic measure, in this the evening 
thousand years ; as did the great national events 
of the most progressive people, during the morn- 
ing thousand years of this Gentile Age, hence 
Daniel's vision of the morning and evening 
which was told is true. (See figure two, page 34.) 

You will notice in this figure the five crosses 
of the evening thousand years stand directly un- 
der the five crosses of the morning thousand 
years, and the prophetic rule, which is the time, 
and times, and a haif time ; and measured the 
time from one great national event to another in 
the morning thousand years of this age, is the 
same rule of numbers also that measures the time 
from one great national event to another in the 
evening thousand years of this Gentile Age (A. 
D.). 

Now, Christ is our understanding in the an- 



THE EDEN AGE 39 

cient symbol of writing at the close of the age, 
and we should watch for the lost knowledge of 
the true understanding or meaning of this an- 
cient writing to return during this first twenty- 
four years of this twentieth century ; which time 
is indicated by the first four figure sixes stand- 
ing outside the circle of the age. 

The first figure six which stands between the 
circle and the cross, and marked Lost, is the first 
six years of this century, and is the time in which 
the lost prophetic count of time must be brought 
forth and given to our nation, this is the mission 
of the annunciation. Xow this is a Holy Cross 
during the years nineteen hundred seven and 
eight, and if you want to witness this cross you 
must be taught, 

Xow comes the time of the three sixes, which 
are the marking numbers spoken of by John in 
the thirteenth chapter of Revelation ; it is eigh- 
teen years, and John says during this period of 
time we all should be marked, both small and 
great, rich and poor, free and bond. So let us 
think soberly about these things, for there is noth- 
ing mysterious about them at all. It is just com- 
mon, plain thought, but John has a hidden way of 
writing about the circle teaching, and the begin- 
ning and the end of ages, which teaching belongs 
entirely to the twentieth century, and can not be 
taught to the people, as we all know and have 



40 THE EDEN AGE 

seen by past history, until the twentieth century 
is ushered in. 

Daniel in looking forward to this present cen- 
tury, which was ushered in at nineteen hundred 
and one, A. D., which century I choose to call the 
golden period of national matrimony. He wrote 
of it after this manner, saying, "At the time of the 
end many people shall run to and fro and knowl- 
edge shall be increased." So by the word of God, 
it is right, to so let knowledge increase until the 
purpose which God had in view be accomplished, 
at the close of the ages. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

I want to make mention of this nation's heroic 
leaders, who have served the American republic, 
since her birth at the year seventeen hundred and 
seventy-six, and on down the great highway of 
time unto the ushering in of the Eden Age, at 
the year nineteen hundred and one. And also the 
one that stepped to our nation's aid, at the death 
of President McKinley, and has served the na- 
tion's best interests in the most brilliant manner, 
through one of the most trying periods of time 
known to the children of the republic, of the sun- 
set land, which period of time is the first six 
years of this century, and is the seventh six years 
since the rebellion closed, which division of time 
I choose to call the lost six years, at the evening 



THE EDEN AGE 41 

of the A. D. Age. It is represented in figure two, 
between the great circle and the first cross in this 
twentieth century, which cross represents the 
close of the year nineteen hundred seven, and the 
spring of nineteen hundred eight. 

I call this one of the greatest periods of time 
this present generation of all nations of the whole 
world ever knew, and there is two years of it 
yet to come, so to speak ; and the things that will 
be revealed in this two years we can not see until 
they are closed. 

But let us watch the close of the Holy Seven 
Times at the next cross. 

This book is written in the interest of all the 
children of the American republic, upon whose 
shoulders rests the law of God, and the testimony 
of Jesus Christ, unto this day. 

ANNUNCIATION'S TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND RESPECT 
TO THE PRESIDENTS. 

To all the beloved presidents of the American 
republic, and more especially in tender memory 
of our three assassinated presidents, Lincoln, 
Garfield and McKinley, who suffered ' martyr- 
dom by the hand of the enemy as they were lead- 
ing the bride, the government of Uncle Sam, the 
Son of the American Wilderness, to the golden 
altar of National Matrimony. 



42 THE EDEN AGE 

These are events in our history that can never 
be erased from the holy tablets of American 
memory. 

Never will that memorable day be forgotten, 
when our beloved President McKinley was offici- 
ating at the door of this Eden Age, the first year 
(1901), ninth month, and sixth day of this cen- 
tury, at the great marriage supper of the na- 
tions at the city of Buffalo, proclaiming to all 
nations, "that God and man had so linked the na- 
tions together that the days of exclusiveness are 
past, and that reciprocity treaties are in harmony 
with the spirit of the times." 

Just at a period of time we were entering what 
I choose to call the Golden Period of all the Ages, 
when all nations seemed to be coming closer to- 
gether in national matrimony, with silken ribbons 
of love to entwine, and decanters of frankin- 
cense and of myrrh ; all hailing the bride of the 
American land. 

Yes, all hailing the Bride of the sunset land, 
When that enemy stepped up with a gun in his 

hand ; 
And pretending to shake our chief executive's 

hand, 
That murderous one, his life did demand. 
And brought sorrow and mourning throughout 

the whole land. 



THE EDEN AGE 43 

But the silken ribbons of love and decanters of 

myrrh 
Were presented to the bride, and she has them 

yet, sir ; 
Uncle Sam's the son, and the government's his 

bride, 
Roosevelt became our president, behind old glory, 

our pride. 
But the martyrs are gone who once ministered by 

our side, 
Yet in loving remembrance, they'll ever abide 
Forever. 

THE TWELVE ARTICLES 

I will now try to convey to your mind the un- 
derstanding I get of the meaning of the eleventh 
chapter of the book of Revelation, as penned by 
John, the Revelator. See figure number two. The 
measuring reed I understand to be like the fig- 
ures portray in the line where the crosses stand. 
I understand these three large numbers to be the 
three prophetic days, and represent the Temple, 
and the half day to be the half number, and rep- 
resent the altar, and I understand him to teach 
that the times and seasons of an age are just the 
same in every age, age after age, as the times 
and seasons of a year are just the same, year 
after vear. I understand that this n«Tire number 



44 THE EDEN AGE 

two is the divisions of the coming age just as 
they were the divisions of the past age, just as 
the twelve months of the past year are the divi- 
sions of this coming year. And I understand 
John to mean that when the three days and a 
half (that means prophetic days, of course) go 
out, we face great national changes. I under- 
stand this row of figures with the crosses in it, 
and the three numbers and a half, represents 
what John calls the street of the great city, which 
is nothing more than the great highway of time, 
and as Daniel and John both tell us, is marked 
by great national visions at the end of each three 
times and a half. Because Daniel said : "Un- 
derstand, O son of man; for at the time of the 
end shall be the vision." And he also said that 
the invisible man clothed with linen which was 
upon the water between the two river banks, 
when he was asked how long it was to the end 
of all these wonders, said it shall be for a time, 
times and a half, and when he shall have ac- 
complished to scatter the power of the holy people 
all these things shall be finished. This scripture 
is plain and simple. If we are never taught the 
meaning of the three times and a half, we will 
never understand them. The meaning of the 
three times and a half can not be taught until the 
twentieth century which is the end of the age. 
That's why John says these two witnesses lay 



THE EDEN AGE 45 

dead in our minds all the way down the great 
highway of time until the close of the Gentile 
Age. John knew they could not be taught to the 
people until the twentieth century, which was the 
close of the circle of this age, and was the century 
of circle teaching; the wonderful century of the 
wonderful teaching. I will handle these divisions 
of time in articles. 

This is the A, B, C of the prophetic writings ; 
if you are ever able to see light in the prophecies 
of the Bible, you will have to study the times, 
and seasons, some. 

ARTICLE ONE 

This is the Christ dispensation. It is the mark- 
ing number, the beginning of the Gentile Age, 
two thousand years ago. It is the three sixes (see 
figure two), thus : 3, 6, 6, 6. 

This is the first three and a half, and is the 
seven threes, and is twenty-one years. The mark- 
ing numbers : These numbers always stand at 
the beginning of every age, and have to come 
back at the close of every age. When the nations 
reach this period of time, the dashing , changes 
of the government affairs and religious and busi- 
ness interests are at hand, and the holy ties be- 
come so straining that thousands of people can 
not keep pace, or up with the times. 



46 THE EDEN AGE 

These three sixes marked the apostles ; the 
next dispensation was the apostolic dispensation 
(article two), in which forty-two years the apos- 
tles marked the people that heard the Christian 
doctrine, believed it and followed it through the 
eighty-seven years, which eighty-seven years 
were the Christian dispensation, and is marked 
article three. 

Now at the close of that Christian dispensation, 
the Roman nation was marked, and the fifth dis- 
pensation recognized the new age, as the A. D. 
age, under Constantine, Emperor of Rome, who 
embraced Christianity, and started the new count 
of time as near the Christ dispensation as possi- 
ble. The first six years in the apostolic dispensa- 
tion (article two) you will notice it is marked the 
lost six at the morning of this age ; I call the lost 
number, six years, while other historians call it 
four. 

Now figure the number of years between the. 
lost six years standing at the morning of the 
age, and the lost six years standing at the even- 
ing of the age, which six years we are now in, 
and you have twenty hundred years. Just twenty 
centuries, which is the circle of an age. John 
has told us to watch the three sixes, which figures 
of time stand at the close of the age, and now 
confront us, saying; for it is the number of a 
man: "He caused all, both rich and poor, great 



THE EDEN AGE 47 

and small, free and bond, to receive a mark in 
their right hands, or in their foreheads, and that 
no man might buy or sell, save he that had the 
mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of 
his name." 

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understand- 
ing count the number of the beast ; for it is the 
number of a man, and his number is six hundred 
three score and six (6, 6, 6), six, six, six. John 
knew these three sixes stand at the entering in of 
each age, just as you know the thirty-one days 
of January, which is the first month of the twelve, 
stands at the entering in of each year. John 
called it the number of a beast and said it was 
the number of a man, and you can call January 
a beast and say it is the number of a man ; like 
this : you know that Judah was the first of the 
twelve sons of Jacob, and that from that tribe 
came the Christ, which is Alpha and Omega, 
which is the beginning and the end. The num- 
ber of the beast is the number of Christ, and He 
is the Man, which in prophecy mean people — the 
teachers of the end of the age. The teachers or 
leaders of thought during the coming eighteen 
years ; this people are called the Christ people 
and they will mark us when the time comes, for 
Alpha and Omega, which is Christ, the begin- 
ning and the end must be taught. 

Many times I have heard our protestant people 



48 THE EDEN AGE 

interpret this number as the Pope of Rome, and 
I want to say right here in the annunciation that 
the whole book of revelation is the revelation of 
Jesus Christ and not the revelation of the Pope 
of Rome ; the numbers are the numbers of Jesus 
Christ, not the numbers of the Pope. I think this 
is plain enough now for all people that are to 
understand, that the revelation tells what Christ 
will do, not the Pope. This book is not for or 
against any sect or creed, but is for truth and 
justice unto all, and for the revealing of Jesus 
Christ the father of us all. 

Now a short comment on the word mark. Do 
you know that this word mark is often used by 
Bible writers ? See Ezekiel, ninth chapter, fourth, 
fifth and sixth verses ; they are as follows : 

4. And the Lord said unto him, Go through 
the midst of the city, through the midst of Jeru- 
salem (means the Holy Circle), and set a mark 
upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that 
cry for all the abominations that be done in the 
midst thereof. 

5. And to the others he said in mine hearing, 
Go ye after him through the city, and smite ; let 
not your eye spare, neither have ye pity : 

6. Slay utterly old and young, both maids and 
little children and women ; but come not near any 
man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my 



THE EDEN AGE 49 

sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men 
which were before the house. 

Paul said of himself: "The marks which you 
saw and knew to be in Christ you now see in me," 
and again he said : "From henceforth let no man 
trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of 
the Lord Jesus." 

These words mark and marks have a great 
meaning in the word of God, and whomever you 
see these marks in, you can know that he is a 
servant of God and can be called his son. Paul 
was a man who bore in his body the marks of the 
Lord Jesus, and in Colossians i, 26, he speaks of 
the mystery which is hid in the ages. 

You know that Job was a servant of God, and 
here is what he says about the age (chapter 
viii, 8) : "For inquire, I pray thee, of the for- 
mer age, and prepare thyself to the search of 
their fathers: (for we are but of yesterday, and 
know nothing, because our days upon earth are a 
shadow:) Shall not they teach thee, and tell 
thee, and utter words out of their heart ?" If we 
want to know deep things of this age, we must 
inquire of the former age ; this is what the an- 
nunciation of the Eden Age is for. 

The marking buy and sell means bartering ; 
bartering in this case means teaching ; teaching- 
is marking; there is no mystery about these 
things, and if we do not study these things we 



50 THE EDEN AGE 

will never know them, or the meaning of them. 
More than that it is not for everybody to under- 
stand. Some are to be marked in the hand, which 
means they do what they are told, while others 
are marked in the forehead, and shall do the 
teaching. Christ marked (taught) the apostles. 
This Christ dispensation ended at the first cross. 
At that time the end of the Jewish Age was 
taught by the apostles, for the time was at hand. 
Paul fought the teaching of the end of the Jewish 
Age harder than any man, then finally ha'd to 
fight harder for it than any man. When a new 
theme is set forth it is better to study it before 
we answer it, for we are in no shape to answer 
any theme until we are posted on it. But the 
new things that come on from day to day are a 1 l 
right, if we could view them in their true light. 

We will now cross from the Christ dispensa- 
tion or numbers to the apostolic dispensation or 
numbers. 

ARTICLE TWO 

This is the apostolic dispensation. It is num- 
bered thus: 6, 12, 12, 12. These numbers carry a 
fraction with them, which is six and a fourth, 
twelve and a half, twelve and a half, and twelve 
and a half. Now I leave the fractions off here 
(see figure two with fractions added), and call 
this dispensation the seven sixes. It is forty-two 



THE EDEN AGE 51 

years. It represented forty-three years and nine 
months with the fractions added. 

During this dispensation the gospel was 
preached by the apostles throughout all the east 
country where it was to be preached by them. 
Now Paul was the greatest laborer for the gospel 
that was living at the close of this dispensation. 
And we will add this forty-two years to the Christ 
numbers (Article One), twenty-one years, and 
we have sixty-three years. Now see the date of 
Paul's epistles and you will see the dates range 
from fifty-nine years to sixty-six years, A. D. 
Now Paul was doing his greatest work for the 
gospel cause at the close of this dispensation, and 
the date of his writings correspond with the close 
of this period of time. This six and three twelves 
was the gospel era in the morning thousand years 
of this A. D. Age, and the same numbers would 
come back at the evening of the evening thousand 
years. 

See the same numbers at the evening of this 
age (Article Ten), and you will readily see that 
the gospel preachers of the evening numbers, in 
the evening thousand years, in the evening hemi- 
sphere, where the Christian nation of the evening 
of the age (see Article Nine) was born, were 
sent out by all the missionary churches of this 
United States to preach the gospel of the king- 
dom throughout the east country again during 



52 THE EDEN AGE 

these very same numbers which stand at the close 
of this age. This is what Christ meant when He 
said, "This gospel of the kingdom shall be 
preached in all the world as a witness unto all 
nations, and then shall the end come" — the end 
of the world, which means the end of the three 
great ages, which time it took to< again encircle 
the world with civilization and government ; the 
end of the three ages, which is six thousand 
years, is now at hand. The new age is here ; 
Eden is the name of this century. Eden is the 
name of this coming thousand years. Eden is 
the name of the coming age of two thousand 
years. The apostles marked (taught) the peo- 
ple. This apostolic dispensation ended thirty- 
seven years and six months inside the circle of 
the age. And at that time many people wanted 
to follow the old style and fight the new, just as 
you have seen them always do. But the new 
things that come on from day to day are all right, 
if we could view them in their true light. 

We will now cross from the apostolic dispen- 
sation to the Christian dispensation or numbers. 

ARTICLE THREE 

This is the Christian dispensation. It is num- 
bered thus: 12)^, 25, 25, 25. It is the twelve and 
a half, and the three twenty-fives, and is eighty- 
seven years and six months. During this dispen- 



THE EDEX AGE 53 

sation many people became teachers of the 
Christ doctrine, Christian teaching. The people 
marked (taught) the- government. The Chris- 
tian dispensation ended one hundred and twenty- 
five years after Christ. It ended in bringing in 
pagan Rome. And at that time many people 
wanted to follow the old style and fight the new, 
just as you have seen them always do. But the 
new things that come on from day to day are 
all right, if we could view them in their true 
light. We will now cross from the Christian dis- 
pensation to the pagan Rome dispensation or 
numbers. 

ARTICLE FOUR 

This is the pagan Rome dispensation. It is 
numbered thus : 25, 50, 50, 50. It is the twenty- 
five and three fifties, and is one hundred and 
seventy-five years ; is the seven twenty-fives. At 
the close of this dispensation all Christian wor- 
ship was put down by the government, and .pagan 
Rome was changing rapidly. (See cross, figure 
two, three hundred years after Christ.) The 
government, now marked (taught), was ready to 
declare the new A. D. Age, and did so under the 
reign of Constantine, sole emperor of Rome, at or 
about three hundred years after Christ. And at 
that time many people wanted to follow the old 
style and fight the new, just as you have seen 



54 THE EDEN AGE 

them always do. But the new things that come 
on from day to day are all right, if we could 
view them in the true light. We now cross to 
the Christian Rome dispensation. 

ARTICLE FIVE 

This is the Christian Rome dispensation. It is 
numbered thus : 50, 100, 100, 100. It is the fifty 
and three hundreds, three hundred and fifty 
years, and is the seven fifties. Much could be 
said of the history of this period of time, but 1 
am not enumerating events of the history, so I 
will cut it out. The European nations now marked 
(taught) were leaders of the new A. D. Age. This 
dispensation ended at the cross standing six hun- 
dred and fifty years after Christ. And at that 
time many people wanted to follow the old style 
and fight the new, just as you have seen them 
always do. But the new things that come on 
from day to day are all right, if we could view 
them in their true light. We now cross to the 
papal Rome dispensation. 

article six 

This is the papal Rome dispensation. It is 
numbered thus : 100, 200, 200, 200. It is the one 
hundred and three two hundreds, and is seven 
hundred years. It is the seven hundreds. This 



THE EDEX AGE 55 

is the longest three and a half times during the 
age. During this dispensation Rome became uniter 
of church and state. Now these six articles are 
typical of the first six months of a year ; the days 
naturally increase in length during the first six 
months of the year, from January to June. So the 
prophetic days naturally increase in length during 
the first six dispensations of an age, which time I 
have represented in these first six articles. After 
the first six months of a year the days decrease in 
length unto the close of the year. After the first 
six dispensations of an age the prophetic days 
decrease in length unto the close of the age. 
The first thousand years was the morning of the 
age; it ended at the close of the first fifty years 
of the middle two hundred years of this dispen- 
sation. Rome reached great height at the close 
of the first thousand years after Christ. The sec- 
ond thousand years was the evening of the age, 
and it was ushered in during Rome's three times 
and a half. At the close of this dispensation 
Rome was losing her power among the govern- 
ments, and the great privilege of advancement 
went over to the English government. This dis- 
pensation ended thirteen hundred and fifty years 
after Christ. (See cross at 1350, A. D., figure 
two.) And at that time many people wanted to 
follow the old style and fight the new, just as you 
have seen them alwavs do. At this time all the 



56 THE EDEN AGE 

European governments were recognizing the A. 
D. Age. And Rome is, known to this day as 
tinker of church and state, a privilege that no 
other government has had. Her duty was to 
unite the morning thousand years to the even- 
ing thousand years of this age. Now it is the 
duty of this American republic to unite the past 
A. D. Age to the coming Eden Age. We now 
cross to the English dispensation. 

ARTICLE SEVEN. 

This is the English dispensation. It is num- 
bered thus : ioo, ioo, ioo, and 50. It is the 
three hundred and fifty years in the evening of 
the A. D. Age, and it is the seven fifties. It holds 
the same numbers, and is the same length of time 
as Article Five. The three hundred years was the 
-holy circle number, or temple it is also called, 
and the fifty years was the altar number, during 
which time the reformation became so unbearable 
that our forefathers (the seed of this nation) 
forsook the east hemisphere and came to the 
American wilderness, where privileges were not 
bound, and began life anew, and prepared the 
way for the great government that is now over 
you. So that by nineteen hundred and one the 
three last centuries of the old age would be 
done, and nineteen hundred and two would re- 



THE EDEN AGE 57 

veal the Eden Age, the new. These prophetic 
days began to shorten, as the nations were 
then in the evening thousand years of the 
A. D. Age. You will now notice the altar num- 
ber follows the three whole numbers, while in 
the first six dispensations it was the precedent. 
England was the marking nation at this time. 
This dispensation ended at the close of the six- 
teenth century after Christ. (See cross at 1700 
after Christ, figure two.) And at that time 
many people wanted to follow the old style and 
fight the new, just as you have seen them always 
do. We now cross from the English dispensation 
and country in the east hemisphere to the Colo- 
nist dispensation and country in the west hemi- 
sphere, for it is the dispensation that we children 
of America hold dear. 

Did you ever meditate for a moment on the 
ability of God to handle the nations of the world ? 
that the person chosen in mind to lead the mind 
of the people was always at the proper place 
when the proper time came? God is with us. 

ARTICLE EIGHT 

This is the Colonist dispensation. It is num- 
bered thus: 50, 50, 50, and 25. It is the three 
fifties and twenty-five, and is one hundred and 
seventv-five years ; it is the seven twenty-fives. 



58 THE EDEN AGE . 

It holds the same numbers, and is the same 
length of time as Article Four. This is the first 
dispensation of America's history. It began at 
the close of the sixteenth century, A. D., and the 
first and chief dates of settling in the Americas 
were from the first to the seventh year of the 
seventeenth century. Such dates are referred to 
in common by saying sixteen hundred two, three 
and four, etc. Sixteen hundred and seven James- 
town, Virginia, was settled, and this is sufficient 
to make us understand the beginning of Amer- 
ica's history, under the intelligent hands, was at 
the beginning of the seventeenth century. This 
dispensation is the time from the entering into 
the holy land of America to the birth of the 
Christian nation, flag, money and government. 
God's prophetic rule always gives us something 
new at the end of it, but we generally pay a 
good heaped-up and running-over measure of 
the blood of the Son of Man for it, and will con- 
tinue to do so, if we do not lift up our heads 
more to his holy writings. This dispensation is 
the first time, and times, and half time, in the 
wilderness of America, which I call the golden- 
sunset land ; it is here jGod has promised the 
human race that the long-lost knowledge of the 
meaning of the three times and a half would be 
visited again upon man during the twilight cen- 
turies at the evening of the third great age. This 



THE EDEN AGE 59 

century is the golden century of the three ages ; 
it is the Eden century, and it is the century of the 
world's jubilee, as told in poetry (page 126). 
This is a great day and age of the world, my peo- 
ple, and I would like to help you take a more 
broad and tolerant view of the period of time you 
are now living in. The long-lost knowledge of 
the holy writings is returning to the children of 
men. I know and I fully realize that many people 
have all they can do to keep pace with these 
speedy times, and life sometimes becomes a great 
burden, but we must lift up our heads and let the 
King of Glory come in. 

But back to the thought on the colonist dis- 
pensation. The seven times were seven twenty- 
fives, and was one hundred and seventy-five 
years. This brought our fathers down the great 
street (see Rev. xi, 8 and 9) or highway of 
time to the year seventeen hundred and seventy- 
five A. D. The holy prophetic Sunday night was 
upon them, and the holy song of the Seraphim 
(titled) three times and a half, had been sung 
(passed) to them. (Isa. vi, 3.) 

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts. (Rev. 
iv, 8.) Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, 
which was, and is, and is yet to come, and means 
for a time and times and half time. 

Now while that great cloud and pillar of fire 
was upon our fathers, which darkness is the 



60 THE EDEN AGE 

prophetic night, Uncle Sam, the son of Mother 
England, was born, and the government was to 
be upon his shoulders. Think about that great 
night for just a moment. Now can you see the 
fulfillment of that scripture which reads : "Our 
fathers all passed under the cloud and through 
the sea ?" Yes, at that time our fathers all passed 
under the cloud and through the sea, keeping the 
holy count for you and me, so we could an- 
nounce at the end of the ages three ; the rebuild- 
ing of the vast Americas, during the centuries 
three, under the rulings three. 

The first ruling was the king's ruling over the 
colonies, and was the time from sixteen hundred 
to seventeen hundred and seventy-six. The sign- 
ing of the declaration of independence closed this 
ruling. The second ruling was from the declar- 
ation unto the rebellion. The rebellion closed this 
ruling. The third ruling is from the rebellion 
down to the present time ; the numbers of it go 
out in the year nineteen hundred and seven. 
These three great rulings did, during the three 
last centuries of the three great ages, rebuild the 
west hemisphere of God's globe. During these 
three last centuries the three great continents — 
North America, South America and Africa — be- 
came the greatest gardens of the world. This 
colonist dispensation ended at the declaration 
(1776 A. D.). (See cross at 1875 after Christ.) 



THE EDEN AGE 61 

The nation was now made that was to teach the 
world (preach the gospel). At that time many 
people wanted to follow the old style and fight 
the new, just as you have seen them always do, 
though they have often read the history of Paul, 
which they know to be true and portrays to us 
plainly how chief spokesmen to this day will do. 
Like Paul, except they say, "You'll have to show 
me the new." But they, later on, if like Paul, 
they'll do, forsake the old custom by accepting 
the new. 

The altar number of this colonist dispensation 
was twenty-five years, and signifies to our fathers 
the size of the three grand numbers of the com- 
ing dispensation, but the golden century (this 
Eden one) was not theirs, and they could not 
see these things as you and I now see them in 
Eden. 

ARTICLE NINE. 

This is the second or government dispensation 
of America's history. It is numbered thus: 25, 
25, 25 and I2y 2 . It is the three twenty-fives and 
twelve and a half, and is eighty-seven years and 
six months ; it is the seven twelves and a half ; 
leaving off the fractions it is seven twelves. It 
holds the same numbers and is the same length 
of time as Article Three. You notice it stands 
directly under the third dispensation. (See figure 



62 THE EDEN AGE 

two.) This second dispensation (in America) be- 
gan at the year seventeen hundred and seventy- 
six. You note its first grand number closed the 
eighteenth century. Its second grand number 
brought our fathers on down the highway of time 
to the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Its 
third grand number brought our fathers on down 
the highway of time to the year eighteen hundred 
and fifty. Its altar number, which is the half 
time the sacrificial number, was then at hand, it 
was twelve years and six months, and brought 
our fathers on down the highway of time to the 
year eighteen hundred and sixty-three (1863), 
July, the year of the emancipation proclamation ; 
then was seen the great sacrifice for the new dis- 
pensation. 

When the altar number is at hand, John 
says: "He that is unjust let him be unjust 
still (this saying is national, of course), and he 
that is filthy, let him be filthy still ; and he that is 
righteous, let him be righteous still ; he that is 
holy, let him be holy still. And behold I come 
quickly, and my reward is with me to give every 
man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha 
and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first 
and the last. Blessed are they that do His com- 
mandments." 

The rebellion crossed our fathers from the 
evening Christian numbers to the evening apos- 



THE EDEN AGE 63 

tolic numbers, the three twelves and the six, 
which numbers will be handled next (Article 
Ten). While this prophetic night (rebellion) 
was upon our fathers the burden was wonderful. 
The holy song of the seraphim (titled), three 
times and a half, had been sung (passed) to 
them. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. 
The signs of the Holy Almanac were out, and 
the Christian dispensation was finished. The dis- 
pensation of the evening apostolic numbers are 
at hand, and during this apostolic dispensation 
this Christian nation had to dispense the gospel 
in all the world as a warning to all nations, then 
the end would come, the end of the three great 
ages, called the end of the world. (Matt, xxiv, 
14.) "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be 
preached in all the w r orld as witness to all na- 
tions, and then shall the end come." (St. Mark, 
xiii, 10.) "And the gospel must first be pub- 
lished among all nations. " This has been done 
by the missionary churches of the United States 
during the forty-two years since the rebellion 
closed. This nation has preached the gospel to 
all nations as a witness. From the year eighteen 
hundred and sixty-one to sixty-five our fathers 
all passed under the cloud and through the sea, 
keeping the holy count of time for you and me. 
(See cross at 1962^ after Christ.) At that time 
many people wanted to follow the old style and 



64 THE EDEN AGE 

fight the new, just as you have seen them always 
do. Remember the story of Paul, it is true; he 
that fights hardest for the old style must be con- 
verted, and turn and do the same thing for the 
new. 

Zachariah iv, 10, says the seven are the eyes 
of the Lord, which run to and fro through the 
whole earth. John, in Rev. v, 6, says they are 
the seven spirits of God, sent forth into all the 
earth. Well, the number seven is called many 
different names, but Daniel says they are the 
seven times, and his book and the book of Rev- 
elation are the almanac of the Bible, and are the 
only books that have the signs of the zodiac, 
which signs are the holy seasons, and are called 
the time and times and a half time. Daniel 
called the number seven the seven times, and I 
will call it the seven divisions of time. 

Christ, speaking of the end of the world, the 
three times and a half, said, at the end of the 
world there would be two in the field, one shall 
be taken and the other left. And at the end of 
the first three times and a half in America, there 
were two in the battlefield, Uncle Sam and the 
King of England. One was taken (King) and 
the other (Uncle Sam) was left (at 1776). At 
the end of the next three times and a half (world 
or circle) there were two in the battlefield, the 



THE EDEX AGE 05 

man for the Union and the man for the Confed- 
eracy (the Blue and Gray) — "the one was taken 
(the Gray) and the other left (the Blue)," at 
1865. Christ also said there would be two wom- 
en grinding at the mill : one shall be taken, the 
other left. You may want to know what that 
saying means, so I will tell you what I under- 
stand that saying to mean. The word "woman" 
is used by the prophetic writers instead of the 
word government. (Women is government.) 
The circle of time, which is the three whole num- 
bers without the half, is considered the millstone. 
(Mill is the circle of time.) Christ was a prophet, 
and that language of his interpreted is this : 
There shall be two governments at the grinding ; 
one shall be taken and the other left. The circle 
of time, from sixteen hundred to seventeen hun- 
dred and seventy-six, is typical of the lower mill- 
stone. The circle of time, from seventeen hun- 
dred and seventy-six to eighteen hundred and 
sixty is typical of the upper millstone. And at the 
grinding of seventeen hundred and seventy-six 
the king's government was taken and the republic 
was left. The circle of time, from seventeen hun- 
dred and seventy-six to eighteen hundred and 
sixty, became the lower millstone at sixty-one ; the 
grinding lasted unto sixty-five ; this coming circle 
of time, which is yet standing, represented at that 



66 THE EDEN AGE 

time the upper millstone. And at the grinding of 
eighteen hundred and sixty-one to sixty-five there 
were two governments, the Confederate and the 
original Union. One, the Confederate, was taken 
and the original Union was left. The gray was 
taken and the blue was left. 

The prophet Daniel said, that during the A. D. 
Age from Christ to Eden no original govern- 
ments shall be overthrown ; that images would 
come up at the end of the holy count of time, and 
that the stone, which is Christ, before whose face 
the fiery flame proceeded, would smite the great 
image. 

ARTICLE TEN 

This is the third or gospel dispensation of 
America's history. It is numbered thus: 12, 12, 
12 and 6. It is the three twelves and six, and is 
forty-two years ; it is the seven sixes, without 
the fractions, as shown in figure two. It holds 
the same numbers and is the same length of 
time as Article Two. Article Two is the apostolic 
dispensation at the morning of this A. D. Age, 
and this Article Ten is the apostolic dispensation 
at the evening of this A. D. Age. The numbers 
of this apostolic dispensation since the rebellion 
closed go out in the year nineteen hundred and 
seven. (See cross at 2007, figure two.) At that 
time many people will want to follow the old 



THE EDEN AGE 67 

style and fight the new, just as you have seen 
them always do. Remember the story of Paul ; 
it is true ; the fighter for the old must be con- 
verted and become the chief fighter for the new. 
You will notice we are now at the close of the 
seventh six years since the rebellion, which time 
is represented in the first figure six, standing 
outside of the circle of the twenty centuries. This 
is what is known as the lost six years at the even- 
ing of this A. D. Age, and is the six years in 
which the Eden Age and the new count of time 
must be brought forth. And this I have done in 
this fifth year of this twentieth century. 

It is a plain and evident fact that this Chris- 
tian nation's missionary churches did send gos- 
pel preachers during this evening apostolic dis- 
pensation into all the east hemisphere to preach 
the gospel (which Christ said was a witness) to 
all nations. Xow this has been done, at least it 
is visible to me. Xow I consider we are at the 
end, which is the marking numbers of the coming 
Eden Age. The Eden Age is announced. The 
end of the age should be taught, for the time is 
at hand. 

ARTICLE ELEVEN 

This will be the fourth or prophetic dispen- 
sation of America's history. It is numbered 
thus : 6, 6, 6 and 3. It is the three sixes and 



68 THE EDEN AGE 

three, and is twenty-one years ; it is the seven 
threes. This dispensation is the Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and end, the first and the 
last, of the divisions of the ages. The number is 
six hundred three score and six, or six, six, six. 
It is the number of a man, and the man is Christ, 
and this coming dispensation is the Christ dis- 
pensation, and Jesus Christ will be revealed by 
the Book of the Revelation, and this American 
nation, during this dispensation. Watch it. The 
highest degree or standard of morality must 
be lived up to by this nation during this twenty- 
one years. Many men of high rank and file en- 
tered our holy penitentiaries during this last six 
years, the first six years of the Eden century. 
It positively will not do for men who are serving 
the holy American nation to defraud them. For 
the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ are yet with 
this holy people. Be true to your trust in this 
dispensation. You, like a great many other per- 
sons may want to know, What about the end of 
the twenty-one years? So I will say this: We 
will at that time be just twenty-one years in the 
Eden Age, which is two thousand years time in 
the future ; it has the same grand divisions of 
time that this past age had. 

Figure two shows the dispensations through 
the coming Eden Age to be the same as the past 
A. D. Age. (See Job viii, 8.) For enquire, I 



THE EDEN AGE 69 

pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself 
to the search of their fathers. 

Circle teaching has appeared to this nation. 
The object of this comment is not to lead any 
one captive in some religious theory, but is to 
show persons that are interested in circle teach- 
ing and the nation's interests that the one who 
wrote the annunciation knew how to compile the 
prophetic seasons, and style the new age. These 
things are not individual, but are the nation's in- 
terests all together, and are therefore written in 
the name and in the interest of all the children 
of the republic known as the American nation. 
This is a compilation in the interest of our nation. 

Had God intended the book of Daniel and the 
book of Revelation for church doctrines and in- 
dividual interests they surely would have been 
used as such. But they are the almanacs of the 
■ages, and are for the purpose of educating men 
in the different ages, in their respective order, in 
their season, to herald the new style of the ag*e. 
This being the Eden season I have announced it, 
and for no purpose under the sun except for the 
purpose which God intends it, which is to change 
the style of the age and begin the new count and 
dating at the beginning of this, the twentieth 
century. Now at nineteen hundred and seven 
we will be at the gate of the Christ dispensation, 
and I hope this gate will be standing wide open 



70 THE EDEN AGE 

and that the privilege of entering it will not have 
to be executed with the sword and the gun like 
we had to do at the dispensation whose gate 
stood at the year 1776; also the one whose gate 
stood at the year 1861. But O God, open the 
gate of this Christ dispensation with the sword 
of Thy mouth. 

ARTICLE TWELVE 

All through this century the figure that stands 
next to the word Eden will represent the year, 
and must change at the close of each year. 

Example: This year is Eden, 5. Next year is 
Eden, 6. The next year will be Eden, 7. Forty- 
five years from now is Eden, 50. And so on until 
we have written Eden, 100. And that will be the 
first hundredth anniversary, which I have said 
before should be held ninety-six years from the 
annunciation. 

At that time, and from that on, there will be 
four figures in the style. There should stand a 
figure one next to the word Eden, representing 
the first century, and should stand there during 
the entire century. This should be the reading of 
the new dating at the first hundredth anniver- 
sary. 

Example: Eden, 1, 1, 1, and 1. 

This is the way to read it : Eden, first century, 
first year, first month and first day. One year, 



THE EDEN AGE 71 

one month and one day later would read, Eden, 
1, 2, 2, and 2. One month and two days later 
would read, Eden, 1, 2, 3, and 4. 

The style of the age has been handed to our 
nation, etc. 

To the Children Living at Eden 1,1,1 and 1 : 

Be it known to all of you who are interested in 
the first hundredth anniversary of this Eden Age, 
that my mind was isolated to a high view of God's 
globe of creation and the nations, God's children 
of the same, and I became a prophetic watcher 
(watcher by the prophetic writings of the Bible) 
of the movements of the kings, presidents and 
head rulers of all the nations of the world, at the 
morning of this century the blooming of the 
Christ numbers of this Christ dispensation, at 
Eden 1, 1 and 1. . And I declare unto you that our 
nation was (according to the prophetic writings) 
holding and enjoying the Eden season and the 
things of the same, though many may not have 
known it at the time, yet as a watcher I beheld 
the great altering of treaties, and the holy matri- 
mony of the nations which began to take place at 
this time. 

I observed the mighty interests of the nations, 
the mighty ships and ship routes of the seas, the 
mighty trains and their routes on the land, canals 
and their location on the globe, the exchange of 



72 THE EDEN AGE 

commerce of all the nations of all parts of the 
globe, the banking systems, manufacturing estab- 
lishments, industries of every kind, and fine arts 
of man's hand. 

I also observed the cryings and the murmur- 
ings of discontent among the people and the cry 
for reform in the spiritual and temporal govern- 
ments, and the mighty efforts of the holy heads, 
kings and presidents, to comfort them and sup- 
press rioting and striking during this holy dis- 
pensation. I considered it my duty to announce 
the Eden Age and publish the annunciation, and 
have done so. 



THE EDEN AGE 



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new style of dating. They show the name of the person, and 
bear the date of the year, month and day they were written. 



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THE EDEN AGE 



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THE HOLY PROPHETS 

The holy prophets were like our cartoonists. 
They always drew a very peculiar picture of 
things they saw, always representing their views 
on the times by some kind of a beast made up of 
parts of different kinds of animals. Daniel said 
the first beast was like a lion, and had eagle's 
wings; the second was like to a bear,' and the 
third was like a leopard, and had four w T ings of 
a fowl. John said he saw a beast that looked like 
a leopard, and it had feet like a bear, and a mouth 
like a lion. And he said he saw another beast 
that was like a lamb, and had two horns and 
spoke like a dragon. 

The cartoonists to-day are our prophets at this 
day and age, but these things seem too simple 
to people who do not study ancient history, and 
don't understand that the ages follow after each 
other in succession, just as the days, years and 
centuries do. 

I know it is hard for a great many persons to 
understand the prophecies in the Bible, because 
they see no beginning or ending to them, and it 

75 



76 THE EDEN AGE 

gets to be monotonous, because it is circle teach- 
ing, and is right around and around again, the 
same thing over and over again, and no begin- 
ning or end. And you will never be able to ap- 
preciate them until you know where the begin- 
ning is. Now here is the secret. Judah is the be- 
ginning, and the name represents the first num- 
ber of the angelic circle, and if the name of 
Judah is not used, nor the names of any of his 
descendants, then they are not writing about the 
^first quarter of time. If they use Reuben's name, 
or the name of any of his descendants, then they 
are talking about the second number of the 
twelve numbers of the angelic band or circle of 
time. And if they use the name of Levi, or any 
name of the tribe of Levi, they are talking about 
the eighth division of time. If they use Abra- 
ham's name, they are speaking of the outside 
circle of time, and the first part of it, and if 
Isaac's name is used, they are talking about the 
second division of the three grand divisions. 
And if Jacob or Esau's name is used, they are 
telling about the third division of the grand 
three. They call the three grand numbers, or di- 
visions, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And 
they are talking about the half time whenever 
they are using Ephraim's name, or Manasseh's, 
or Israel's, and whenever they mention the last 
days they have reference to the half time, the 



THE EDEN AGE 77 

thirteenth and fourteenth quarters. You have got 
to know what tribe the name used is a descendant 
of, and all this study is so vast that there are but 
few people who will ever show you as much as 
I have, for they positively will not put their time 
and their mind to it. Reading prophecy is a very 
peculiar profession, as it is a conversation with the 
dead, and persons who don't believe in past, 
present and future history have no use for the 
prophetic teachings, and they are open only in 
the circle teaching, and are for the majority of 
people to hear the prophetic historians handle, 
just as the gospel is for the people to hear the 
preachers handle, for the edification of the 
churches. And during this century the prophe- 
cies will be handled to the edification of the 
church, just as they were during the twentieth 
century of the Jewish Age two thousand years 
aeo. 



PART THREE 



PART ONE 



Instructs you on figure number one, 

And shows you where Moses his reckoning be- 
gun. 

The cherubim shows us the ages, from three 
back to one, 

And portrays to us plainly that the Eden Age 
has begun. 

At the first year of this century, nineteen hun- 
dred and one, 

And in the new style of reckoning, was Eden, 
one, one and one. 

PART TWO 

Instructs you on figure number two, 

And shows you how prophetic historians reckon 

time, too, 
From the beginning of an age to the close of it, 

too. 
It's a peculiar way of reckoning, but you'll find it 

true 
If you'll give it the study that you had ought 

to do. 

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THE EDEN AGE 79 

Until you understand circle teaching, which 

teaching I know to be true, 
And will cause you to realize that the old age is 

out, and w r e've entered the new. 

PART THREE 

Instructs you on figure number three, 

The thing I am now trying to get you to see ; 

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THE ALMANAC 

The almanac is as true a book as you have in 
your possession. Of all the books in our great 
libraries the almanac is the only one that you 
will find among them that foretells the future 
and keeps the divisions of time. It is always put 
up in the year preceding the year it is to be used, 
and is applicable to a year's time, and may be 
called the book of time. Then, again, it is the 
book in which to keep the divisions of a year's 
time, which is twelve months, and in this case 
may also be called the book of the times, and 
when the twelve months (times) are passed, 
that year's time is no longer. It also has other 
divisions of time in it. It is divided into what we 
call weeks, and we consider there are fifty-two 
weeks and a fractional part to each year. Then 
it has another division called days, and there are 
three hundred and sixty-five days and a frac- 
tional part to each year. There are four divisions 
of time considered in the almanac. First is the 
year, which is the whole or full time. Second is 
the months, which are the twelve times. Third 

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82 THE EDEN AGE 

is the weeks, which are the fifty-two times and a 
fractional part. Fourth is the days, which are 
the three hundred and sixty-five times and a 
fractional part. Now, the third division is the 
peculiar one, because it is made up of the holy 
number, seven. Every one of the fifty-two di- 
visions, called weeks, is just seven days long. 
The months are not so. They vary in length, and 
the second month is the one which the addition 
of days belongs to during the fourth year, called 
leap year. 

The Zodiac of the prophetic almanac has four 
divisions of time to it. First, is the whole or full 
time from beginning to end. Second, is the three 
times and the half a time. Third, is the seven 
times, the second division reduced to equal parts. 
Fourth, is the fourteen quarters, which are the 
seven times equally divided. (See figure num- 
ber three, page 80.) 

But back to the week : it is the only division 
of time made up of the number seven and kept 
by the nation. The almanac is the book published 
for the keeping of the time, and may be called 
the book of time, or the book of the times. It is 
the book, of a year's time, and is the book of 
months, weeks and days, and may be called the 
book of the time and times, and the dividing of 
time. (See Daniel vii, 25-28.) It is a very pecu- 
liar book if you will think about it for a moment. 



THE EDEN AGE 83 

It is used by many of our great firms as an ad- 
vertisement of their goods, hence it is free to 
the people. And we can not easily do without it, 
as it figures in almost all business transactions, 
bonds, deeds, mortgages, notes, checks, etc. In 
fact all business transactions are based on its 
divisions of time. It matters not whether you 
have one in your possession, the seasons will 
come and go just the same, and the eclipse will 
come and go just the same, but if you want to 
watch the times and seasons by an almanac, get 
one. 

This prophetic almanac is typical of the com- 
mon almanac. The common almanac shows you 
the divisions of time from the beginning of 
the year to the close of the same. This prophetic 
almanac shows you the divisions of time from the 
beginning of an age to the close of the same. 
The divisions of time that make up an age, as 
you see in figure number two, are the same divi- 
sions of time that measured the Jewish Age, 
which age was the time from the Flood to Christ. 
And the antediluvian age was measured by the 
same divisions of time, which was the time from 
Eden to the Flood. We are now entering the 
antediluvian or Eden Age. And I put up this 
compilation so persons that are interested through 
this twentieth century in national interests can 



84 THE EDEN AGE 

help to watch the old age out and the new age 
in. 

It does not matter whether you have one of 
these world almanacs or not, the time will go on 
just the same, but if you want to watch the old 
age close, according to the prophetic writers of 
the Bible, you want to study up on the divisions 
of prophetic time. If there has been a publica- 
tion of this kind since we entered this century I 
have not been apprised of the fact. Now I am 
going to call the common almanac the book of 
time, which means a year's time; and the book 
of the times, which means the months and weeks ; 
and the dividing of time, which means days. So 
our common almanac is a book of the time and 
times and the dividing of time. Remember the 
third reason of this peculiar compilation. To 
persons not posted on this theme, you will have 
to watch with me through the coming three 
sixes, the coming eighteen years, to know if I 
am posted on the theme I am handling. Then 
we will call this prophetic almanac the book of 
the time, and times, and the dividing of time. 
(See Daniel vii, 25.) 

Now the common almanac is a peculiar book 
for this reason : It foretells the movements of 
the heavenly bodies, the sun and moon, the ar- 
rival of eclipses and the departure of the same. 

This prophetic almanac is peculiar for this rea- 



THE EDEN AGE 85 

son : It points out the arrival of the national 
confusion, or eclipse of the government, and the 
departure of the same. The common almanac 
has the twelve signs of the zodiac ; it is the book 
of signs, and we laugh at the persons that be- 
lieve in signs and talk signs, and but few people 
pay any attention to them ; yet they are there, and 
are used in every almanac, and but few of us 
know their meaning, as we do not teach the 
twelve signs of the zodiac in our public schools. 

We teach all the divisions of time of the alma- 
nac in the public school, take particular pains to 
teach the months, weeks and days, and number 
of days to each month, but do not teach the signs 
of the zodiac. Oh, no, no, no, that is not essen- 
tial, and I agree with you that it is not, unless 
you want to understand them, and if you do want 
to understand them, you will have to go to some 
one that understands them for your instruction. 
And when you understand them, you perhaps 
would, with a little practice, make a tolerably 
fair astronomer yourself. 

The prophetic almanac has twelve signs of the 
zodiac ; it is a book of signs, and we laugh at the 
persons who believe in these signs, too. (See 
page 80, The Prophetic Zodiac.) If you don't 
want to be laughed at, just refuse to believe in 
these signs and do not talk them, but few people 
will pay any attention to them anyway, for they 



86 THE EDEN AGE 

never have in the past, and I suppose it will be 
the same in the future. Nevertheless they are in 
here, and must always be used in every prophetic 
almanac. And but few of us will ever know their 
meaning, as we do not teach them in the public- 
schools or meeting houses. We teach the mean- 
ing of all the things in the Bible, in the meeting 
houses and public places, except the meaning of 
the time, and times, and half time. We take par- 
ticular care to teach the Gentiles the inability of 
the Jewish nation to comprehend the prophecy 
concerning the coming of Christ, which prophecy 
was read every Sabbath day in the synagogue, 
not realizing that this Gentile people don't under- 
stand the time, and times, and half time, or, in 
other words, the seven times, as well as the Jew- 
ish nation did. This is the Revelation of Jesus 
Christ, this three and a half times, and does re- 
veal him overthrowing the nation that claims to 
be his people regularly at the end of every time, 
and times, and a half. Yes, at the end of every 
three and a half, which is seven halves, and is 
the seven times, he turns things into great com- 
motion. 

Our people can not see this any plainer than 
the Jews did unless it is shown to them. But it 
is no use to teach you this zodiac. Oh, no, unless 
you want to understand it, and if you want to 
understand, and should take a notion to study it, 



THE EDEN AGE 87 

you might make as good a prophet as I, for if 
you want to follow any profession in the world, 
you must take it up as a study, and practice it. 
For it is by study and practice that we come to 
great abi/ity in anything ; don't forget that ; keep 
that in mind while you read this book. There 
are many books in the world besides the almanac, 
yet the almanac is the book of the time, and the 
times, and the divisions of time, and there are so 
many other books in the Bible, besides the book 
of Daniel and Revelation, but they are the only 
books of the time, and times, and a half time. 
In other words, the book of Daniel is the al- 
manac among the books of the Old Testament, 
and the Revelation is the almanac among the 
books of the Xew Testament. And John used 
many of the signs of the common almanac in the 
signs of the Revelation. The man on horseback 
with the bow, and the man with the balance in 
his hand, the scorpion, the woman, the beast, the 
dragon, etc. In fact, the book of Revelation is 
the book of visions, and it does not matter if you 
don't understand it, it is not a book of church 
doctrines or church theories. It is for men to 
read and understand, so they can give you the 
divisions of time, and establish the new age, just 
as the zodiac of the almanac is for the persons 
that keep and give you the divisions of time, 
vears and centuries. 



88 THE EDEN AGE 

In this annunciation I give you the divisions 
of the three ages. Then I show the age in two 
divisions, allowing two thousand years to an age ; 
this first thousand years represents the morning 
of an age, and the second thousand years repre- 
sents the evening of an age. Now, I reason this 
way : Let the east hemisphere represent the 
morning hemisphere of intelligence, and this west 
hemisphere the evening hemisphere of intelli- 
gence. Now, let us reason this way. Why was 
the world's surface made up of so much water, 
and so smftll amount of land ? Why was not the 
world's surface made up of three-fourths land 
and one-fourth water ? Why was it that the west 
hemisphere was in such a condition as it was 
when found by Columbus? Why would God 
have such a people as the Indian? And why 
would God have so many different kinds or tribes 
of Indians ? Why should there be so many dif- 
ferent nations or tribes in the east hemisphere? 
There were the Chinese, the Jews, the German, 
the Italian, the Englishman and many others. 
Every kindred, tongue and tribe belongs to the 
Creator, and everything is just as it is for the per- 
petuation of the human race, and all flesh. It .is 
by boxing the colors together that we get them 
all one shade ; it is by boxing the nations together 
that we make them all one, and when God gets 
ready to box the east and west hemispheres to- 



THE EDEX AGE 89 

gether, he does so ; and now at the end of three 
centuries, this west hemisphere presents about 
the same appearance as the east hemisphere. All 
things are all right. 

This book is not the foundation of politics, 
business, or religion. It is the world's almanac 
of the twentieth century, of the third age. It is 
written more in the interest of the unborn gen- 
eration than the generation of to-day. Yet, 
this present generation may appreciate this writ- 
ing more than I think they will, and should they, 
I say, let them read. This book is only a hint of 
the end of the age, a composition I have seen fit 
to compile in the interest of the children of the 
present time ; yet more especially for those that 
follow after. 

Remember this : there was the commercial 
period to Christ's life. It was at the close of His 
life. Remember this : there was the commercial 
period to Joseph's life. It was at the close of 
his boyhood years. 

Christ was sold for the redemption of the 
world spiritually. Joseph w r as sold for the re- 
demption of the world temporally. The truth, 
the light, the life and the straight way. will al- 
ways be forfeited at the end of the three times 
and a half. This is the body and statue of Jesus 
Christ. Don't take my word for it, if you don't 
want to, but search the holy history and the 



90 THE EDEN AGE 

common history, and if it be not true it is because 
there is no light in the Revelation and testimony 
of Jesus Christ. But I say unto you, that the 
perjuring of the body of Jesus Christ will be seen 
in all walks of life during the half time of each 
dispensation. Not establishing my own righteous- 
ness, but the righteousness of others, I remem- 
ber the passage which reads : There is none 
righteous ; no, not one. 

Let our law-making assembly remember the 
laws must be changed as we pass down the high- 
way of time, for the benefit and the advancement 
of all classes of the people, and must change rap- 
idly during this rapid dispensation. So may it be. 




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THE SERAPHIM 

I have drawn a figure here that represents the 
seraphim. Persons acquainted with the sixth 
chapter of Isaiah's writing will no doubt be able 
to see great light in this figure. But persons who 
are not acquainted with the prophetic writings, 
or the ancient Assyrian figures which we have in 
hieroglyphics on the tabs that are in our muse- 
ums, may not fully comprehend the meaning of 
the seraphim. 

The Ark of the Covenant, the Cherubim and 
the Seraphim are all three one and the same 
thing. They all hold or represent the holy num- 
bers, which are the divisions of time from one 
great event in the government to another ; illus- 
trated by different designs. 

The Assyrians in portraying the holy count 
usually used three men and the half of a man, as 
if severed from the head to the feet. This was 
their way of showing the severing of the gov- 
ernment at the end of the holy numbers of time : 
three and a half. You will notice I have put a 
mark about the half seraphim. If you wish, take 
a penknife and cut the line so the half which 
holds the revealing numbers can be folded back, 
leaving the trinity numbers to themselves. Three 
is trinity. It holds the numbers from one to six, 



THE EDEX AGE 93 

and from one to twelve. The half is the reveal- 
ing numbers ; as you will notice it holds the 
wings numbered thirteen, fourteen and seven. 
The fourth division of time is always cut in 
twain. It is separate and apart from trinity. 
This is God's law ; it is his covenant with man, 
for the purpose of keeping man in memory of 
the power of God through all ages and make man 
recognize the end of his law, as taught by the 
holy prophets. The end of the ages. 

Man must recognize God's covenant when the 
time comes, and is fully here. God's covenant 
with the Gentiles will be complete at the close 
of this century. And a new age, and a new count 
of time must be established. This, many nations 
will not want to do just now, but they will, when 
the time comes, enter the new age under the 
new covenant. There were a great many people 
at the time of Christ who did not want to enter 
the new age under the new covenant, but time 
put them under it. There were a great many 
people who did not want to enter the new conti- 
nent, America, at the time of opening up for civ- 
ilization, but as the great highway of time passed 
by, many wanted to become citizens of it, but 
could not, according to law. So it is with this 
new age, many want to be supporters of it if 
they only knew it to be right. Study it a little. 

I have been a close observer of the movements, 



94 THE EDEN AGE 

customs and habits of all the races and nations 
that inhabit the two great hemispheres of Al- 
mighty God's creation. The dates of many of 
the greatest historic events I have noted in this 
composition by the prophetic rule ; also the com- 
mon rule of reckoning. And having watched the 
speedy changes of the last few years has caused 
me to write this annunciation. I have described 
in as short and brief a manner as possible the 
gleanings of the sickle of my mind, hoping that 
you will be able to comprehend in part, if not in 
full, the thought I have in view of the annuncia- 
tion. 

This book is not published for fame or notori- 
ety. This is for independent thinkers of the 
present day and age. 

Get up, get up higher, get up until you see 
the beginning and the ending of the great moun- 
tain systems of the world. Get up higher, until 
you can see the beginning and the ending of all 
the rivers of the continents. Yes, get up higher, 
and still higher until you can see the beginning 
and the ending of the great continents of the 
globe, then you can view creation in her true 
sense, then you can see all the nations of the 
world in their respective countries, serving their 
government in a respective way, or confronted 
with revolution. Revolution is the great lake of 
fire and brimstone, in which the nations are 



THE EDEN AGE 95 

plunged when the officials of government sell the 
Christ there is in them for Judas (the money 
man). This is the interpretation of Judas yet to 
this day. Watch the breaking of the alabaster 
box of very precious ointment, and the pouring 
out of the same on the head of Jesus, the head of 
the three times and a half. See all tribes of the 
earth mourn at the crucifixion of Christ ; behold, 
He cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see 
Him, and they also which pierced Him ; and all 
kindreds of the earth shall w 7 ail because of Him. 
Even so, Amen. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, who stand min- 
istering for this nation at the gate of this Christ 
dispensation. 

God bless you. 

FAIRY NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA 

I want to call your attention to a line of 
thought. It is this : did you ever think about 
these two great continents, North and South 
America, in their natural condition ? Natural 
plains, natural forests, and the natural fountains 
in the Yellowstone Park ; and the greatest lakes 
and rivers, and the grandest water fall in the 
world, are in America. The most wonderful 
mounds of the world are in her chief territory. 
Our state of Nevada has the ancient hermetically 



96 THE EDEN AGE 

sealed vaults, which are one of the wonders of 
the world to-day, and Arizona has the marks of 
foundations of once populous cities that were 
maintained by an irrigation system that our me- 
chanical engineers to-day have not surpassed. All 
these are things to be wondered at when we stop 
and think for a moment. And the beautiful wild 
animals — deer, elk, bear, buffalo and many other 
kinds — all running over the plains and in the 
jungles, and the wild fruits of every kind just 
as they grew from nature. These thoughts carry 
me away to the high mountain from which John 
in his day viewed the Creator putting the world 
(age) to come under subjection until all things 
are accomplished that are written in the word of 
God. And the Indian, the great red man of the 
world — the only red man of the world. (See 
Genesis xxv, 25.) He was the keeper of this 
massive and wonderful zoological garden. He 
was the natural man, satisfied with nature's 
things, living on the natural fleshes and fruits, 
just as nature provided them. He was not cut- 
ting the forests and destroying the natural re- 
sources of this country in the way and manner 
we are. No, he was not. He was the natural man, 
satisfied with nature's gift, keeping the natural 
resources of this beautiful American zoo for the 
white man of the east hemisphere (with the word 
of God) to come into, according to the word of 



THE EDEN AGE 97 

God, at the close of the Gentile Age, which 
period of time was and is the twelfth five hun- 
dred years since Eden of old. Here the Eden 
people were, too, and have rebuilt the fairy land, 
and the knowledge of the book of ancient history 
is soon to become theirs. Palestine is the holy 
land of the east hemisphere. America is the holy 
land of the whole world. This is where we are to 
hold the world's jubilee during this twentieth 
century. 

THE GARDENER AND THE HUNTER 

(See Jeremiah xxxii, 15.) 

The Indian, the hunter, has given the great 
hunting land over to the mighty gardener of the 
east, the tiller of the soil, and now the vast hunt- 
ing ground of the world has become the great- 
est garden on earth. There is no place like it in 
all the world. In this vast country are reaped the 
harvests of the world each fall. Throughout the 
great continents of America, which three hun- 
dred years ago was one vast wilderness, can be 
seen to-day beautiful cities, farm lands, high- 
ways, railways, canals, orchards, vineyards, tel- 
egraph and telephone lines. And some of the 
greatest world's fairs have been held, and at- 
tended bv manv nations, in fairy North America. 



98 THE EDEN AGE 

THE GREAT PARK 

I like to think of America as a great park — 
her geysers as fountains, throwing their beauti- 
ful sprays high in the air ; the great lakes as 
lagoons ; her plains as lawns, and timbered dis- 
tricts as woodlands ; and the foundations of once 
mighty cities, the sealed vaults and mounds, as 
beautiful statues or monuments of buried nations, 
who inhabited this beautiful land all along down 
the highway of time from the Eden of old, six 
thousand years ago, unto the returning of intelli- 
gence at 1600 to rebuild it. We all realize that 
the story of man in the garden of Eden seems to 
be deep and beyond the reach of our minds, but 
I think if we would just stop and consider the 
three great ages of divine history and the two 
wonderful hemispheres of the creation, the Bible 
history, and the common history of the two, we 
might have a clearer conception of the story of 
God driving man out of the garden of Eden, or 
Eden continent (America), during the Eden 
Age, something like five thousand years ago. 
Remember, God is no respecter of persons, and 
is the same to-day, yesterday and forever, and 
his kingdom is one that shall never be thrown 
down ; his kingdom is from generation to genera- 
tion, world without end. Amen. 



THE EDEX AGE 99 

GENESIS OX CREATION 

You will notice by a close observation of the 
first chapter of Genesis that it is the chapter of 
the six days of creation. The second chapter is 
formation. You will notice in the first chapter 
and the sixth day's work that God created man 
in his own image, male and female created He 
them. And God blessed them, and said unto 
them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and replen- 
ish the earth and subdue it ; and have do- 
minion over the fish of the sea and over the 
fowl of the air, and over every living thing 
that moveth upon the earth. " (This is not in- 
dividual, it is national.) Now the question, Did 
they multiply and replenish the earth, and sub- 
due it? This man, also the woman, were created 
on the sixth day, and on the seventh day God 
rested, and in the fifth verse of the second chap- 
ter, after the seventh day was past, he says, 
"There was not a man to till the ground." What 
became of the man, male and female, that He 
created on the sixth day, and gave orders to mul- 
tiply and replenish and subdue the earth, and 
were to have dominion over the fish of the sea 
and fowl of the air, and over every thing that 
moveth upon the earth ? For in the seventh verse 
of the second chapter he says, "He formed man 
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the breath of life, and he became a living soul." 
And in the twentieth verse, He says there was 
no helpmeet for Adam, and God caused a sleep 
to come on him, and he took a rib from his side 
and made a woman and brought her unto the 
man. And Adam said she shall be called woman. 
And now remember the first man, male and fe- 
male, that God created, seems to leave no history 
(genealogy) of themselves. And the second man 
He formed, and then after He formed him, the 
Lord planted (not made) but planted a garden 
eastward in Eden ; not in the east of Eden, but 
eastward in Eden, and there he put the man 
whom he had formed. And there were two 
special trees in the garden. First, the tree of life, 
second, the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 
Of this latter one God commanded him not to 
eat, but he did eat of it, and the Lord God said, 
"Behold the man is become as one of us, to know 
good and evil, and now lest he put forth his hand, 
and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live 
forever : therefore the Lord God sent him forth 
from the garden of Eden." And note this peculiar 
saying. A river went out of Eden to water the 
garden — not that a river went out of the garden 
— but the river went out of Eden to water the gar- 
den ; and from thence it was parted, and became 
into four heads. Now just think of that. A river 
coming out of Eden, and when it got out of Eden 



THE EDEX AGE 101 

to the garden then it became into four heads. 
This baffles the historians vet to this day, because 
this is just backward to any river to-day. A river 
by nature becomes a river from several sources, 
or heads. But this was a river that came out of 
Eden, and the one river became four rivers, and 
the first river or head was Pison ; and it com- 
passed or surrounded the whole land of Havilah. 
So the first river was in a circle, or surrounded 
a certain land named Havilah. This is circle 
teaching. The second is Gihon. It compasseth 
the whole land of Ethiopia. This is circle teach- 
ing. For it surrounds the whole land of Ethiopia. 
The third river is Hiddekel : that is it which 
goeth toward the east of Assyria. This is hori- 
zontal teaching, and points you to the future at 
the close of the third division of time. The fourth 
river is Euphrates. Xow I am going to repeat 
what the Century Book of Facts says on this 
subject, which is found on page 539, not contra- 
dicting what the Twentieth Century Book of 
Facts has to say on this subject of the garden of 
Eden at all, but believe what it says — that the his- 
tory of the garden of Eden will remain a mystery 
until we better understand the prophetic writ- 
ings. 

And after quoting what the Century Book of 
Facts has to say about the history of the garden 
of Eden, I will reason a little on a simple line of 



io2 THE EDEN AGE 

thought, which is my own version of the river 
system God put up to keep His creation in order 
through all ages. Man or no man, this system 
keeps the creation of God's gardens watered. 
Here is the quotation : "The Garden of Eden — 
The question of the locality of the Garden of 
Eden, or the exact sense in which the Mosaic nar- 
rative is to be understood is involved in inex- 
plicable mystery. The endeavor to positively 
identify the river system of Eden with anything 
known at the present is useless. 

"There is no river on the face of the globe of 
which the Euphrates and Tigris (Hiddekel) are 
separate heads, as they are said to be in the sec- 
ond chapter of Genesis ; for, although the Eu- 
phrates and Tigris now unite for a short space 
on their way to the Persian Gulf, yet until the 
time of Alexander the Great they kept entirely 
distinct courses, and therefore it has been as- 
sumed that the deluge completely altered the 
physical character of the region denoted by the 
term Eden. This was Luther's notion, to which, 
however, it has been objected that the narrative 
in Genesis is so worded as to convey the idea 
that the countries and rivers spoken of were ex- 
isting in the time of the historian. Besides, the 
science of geology has thrown so much doubt on 
the universality of a deluge so late as the period 
assigned to Noah that it is hazardous to argue on 



THE EDEN AGE 103 

the hypothesis of any extensive physical changes 
having taken place since the first appearance of 
man on the planet, at least if that be dated only 
some six thousand years back. In all theories 
which have been advanced regarding the location 
of Eden two things have not been explained by 
any one. These are the statements that the four 
rivers flow from one river, and the river Pison 
compasseth the whole land of Havilah, and 
Gihon compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. 
Until these are solved the location of the Garden 
of Eden will continue to remain a mystery." 

This ends the quotation from the Book of 
Facts. 

Now, I am going to reason along a line of 
thought like this : God rules by two extremes. 
God is considered by many nations to be the un- 
seen Ruler of everything, seen and unseen, 
spiritual and temporal, of bodies both celestial 
and terrestrial. The figure two shows up very 
prominent in everything, in both common and 
divine history. The number two is the creation 
number ; this is a wonderful thing when thought 
on for a moment. Now, to begin our thought on 
the creation number, let us take an imaginary 
trip to the extreme north of the great globe. 
Now here we are on the great high column, the 
tower of observation at the far north of the 
globe. The first vision that presents itself is the 



104 THE EDEN AGE 

fact that God (we say) uses two great extremes 
to keep his globe of creation. These two ex- 
tremes are day and night, and neither one is ever 
taken off the globe, and the one never overtakes 
the other. These two extremes are at the most 
extreme point from each other all the time, each 
one following the other. It would be foolishness 
for me to even predict the stopping of either of 
these extremes. You know, and so do I, that 
these things have always been ministering to this 
old globe, and always will, for hundreds of years 
to come. Also winter and summer are two ex- 
tremes. Therefore, let us not be afraid to estab- 
lish the two thousand years to come as the Eden 
Age, for the benefit of all nations, and stop fool- 
ish predictions. 

Just look at the make-up of the creation, three- 
fourths salt brine, one-fourth land ; and two 
grand parts of that at extreme points from each 
other. And while the extreme called day minis- 
ters to the extreme east hemisphere, the extreme 
called night ministers to the extreme west hemis- 
phere. And while it is midday on the Atlantic 
Ocean it is midnight at the extreme point on the 
Pacific. Then when it is noonday to the Amer- 
icas it is midnight on the extreme east continent. 
God's globe is one body divided into four grand 
parts, the east and west hemispheres, the Atlantic 
and Pacific Oceans. For five thousand years the 



THE EDEX AGE 105 

east hemisphere's human race was just the ex- 
treme to the possessors of the west hemisphere. 
The man of greatest intelligence was in the east ; 
the man of the least intellect was in the west. 
The country of letters and figures of A, B, C, 
and one, two and three, was the east. The coun- 
try without letters and figures A, B, C, and one, 
two and three, was the west. Xow let us look at 
the American Indian, the man of the extreme 
west hemisphere, as the one spoken of in the first 
chapter of Genesis, which God created, male and 
female, and were not to till the ground. Let us 
now look at the man of the intelligent type of 
the extreme east hemisphere, as the one spoken 
of in the second chapter of Genesis, which man 
God formed. (The word formed means fash- 
ioned.) And he put the man he formed in the 
garden (east continent), which garden God 
planted eastward in Eden. Eden means the be- 
ginning. So it should read this way, "which 
garden God planted eastward in the beginning, 
and put the man he formed or fashioned in the 
east garden (east hemisphere) to till it, and dress 
it, and keep it. Now turn to figure one. See 
the face of the Indian near the American conti- 
nent ; this represents the man and the woman in 
the holy land (see the poetry on the world's 
jubilee) of America, which man and woman were 
created by God to have dominion over the fish. 



106 THE EDEN AGE 

fowl and all the bison, elk, deer, and kid, and all 
creeping things of the fairy Americas, God's 
natural sleeping zoo, the golden-sunset land. 

The land of the free, 

The home of the brave, 
The antediluvian nation, you now see, 

Brought forth from the grave, 
With Old Glory our flag, 
Which for the oppressed and 

Downtrodden nations does wave. 

Now notice the face of the intelligent person 
near the east hemisphere. This represents the 
man and the woman of intelligence, which God 
formed and put in the garden, which is the east 
hemisphere, in the beginning of this past six 
thousand years, which constitute this cherubim, 
or the time of this cherubim. They were put 
there in the Eden Age ; that is, in the beginning, 
which was Eden, the beginning of this past cher- 
ubim, and were kept there by the Almighty God 
as your writer Moses, who was a servant of God, 
has written to you and told you that the intelli- 
gent formed or fashioned man stayed there until 
the time of the completing of the cherubim of 
the ages. You see we had to come to America 
at the beginning of the twelfth division of the 
inner circle of the cherubim to prepare the great 
American park to make this nation, flag and 



THE EDEX AGE 107 

money, and fight these great battles at the end 
of each three times and a half, so we could teach 
the time, and times, and a half time. You 
readily comprehend at a glance of the cherubim 
that the third great age was almost out. And the 
sixth day or the sixth thousand years was half 
out when we begun to settle America. And the 
only full measure of time on the cherubim that 
we had was the twelfth five hundred years, and 
God had to drive our pilgrim fathers out of the 
eastern hemisphere, or east garden, with the 
flaming sword, which was recorded by the com- 
mon historians as the sword of the reformation 
(War of the Reformation). You see John the 
Revelator had already told us that in the closing 
thousand years of this past age the nations would 
establish or resort to the fire and brimstone 
fighting, and at the close of this A. D. Age would 
be the first resurrection ; that is, the resurrection 
of the long-lost knowledge, the lost knowledge 
of Eden, the beginning, the first reckoning, the 
beginning of cherubim. And all the law is kept 
by the government. It is God's way to show the 
nations their interests and protect them, and es- 
tablish them : for whatever the government says 
is the nation's law. And this nation is- keeping 
the commandments of God and the testimony of 
Jesus. (See Rev. xii and xiv to close.) And I 
know, bv the testimonv, that this is the nation 



108 THE EDEN AGE 

set apart by the God of Heaven to proclaim the 
world's jubilee. (See poetry on the world's 
jubilee.) 

Now, having shown you the two extremes, as : 
day and night, winter and summer, hot and cold, 
wet and dry, old and young, rich and poor, free 
and bond, male and female, life and death, awake 
and asleep — this should be sufficient to establish 
the number two as the creation number. 

Now, you know the scripture speaks of the first 
and second Adam, the first and second coming 
of Christ, the first and second resurrection, and 
the first and second tabernacle. The words first 
and second are often used. The old and new 
covenant. 

The Bible is made up of the first and second 
Testaments, the Old and New. There are the 
old" and new year ; there are the old and new age ; 
there are the old Eden, and the new Eden. Be- 
fore I begin talking about the river with four 
heads that watered the Garden of Eden I want 
to speak of the report of the end of the age. 

THE REPORT OF THE END OF THE AGE 

(i) 

Through the twentieth century of the Antedi- 
luvian Age, which century was four thousand 
years ago, we read that a man by the name of 



THE EDEX AGE 109 

Noah reported the end of the Antediluvian Age. 
Was that report believed? You know it was 
not. Why? It was too simple and unreasonable 
for the people of that day and time. Why ? Just 
because they did not understand his theme, it be- 
ing based on the word of God. The teaching of 
the end of the Antediluvian Age was not univer- 
sally believed. Why? (See page 142.) 

(2) 

Through the twentieth century of the Jewish 
Age, which century was two thousand years ago, 
we read that a man by the name of John the Bap- 
tist reported the end of the Jewish Age. Was that 
report believed? You know it was not, by many. 
Why ? It was too simple and unreasonable for the 
people of that day and time. Why ? Just because 
they did not understand his theme, it being based 
on the word of God. The teaching of the end 
of the Jewish Age was not universally believed. 
Why? (See page 142.) 



(3) 



Through the twentieth century of the. Gentile 
Age, which century is the present one, we read 
that a man by the name of Samuel has reported 
the end of this Gentile or A. D. Age. Will this 



no THE EDEN AGE 

report be believed? You know it will not, by 
many. Why ? It is too simple and unreasonable 
for the people of this day and time. Why? 
Just because they do not understand the theme, 
it being based on the word of God. The teach- 
ing of the end of this Gentile Age will not be 
universally believed. Why? (See page 142.) 

We people of this day and time can easily see 
how the flood was at the close of the Antedi- 
luvian Age. But the people of that day and 
time could not. 

We people of this day and time can easily see 
how the crucifixion of Christ was at the close of 
the Jew T ish Age. But the people of that day and 
time could not. 

We people of this day and time can not easily 
see how Eden is at the close of this Gentile, or 
A. D. Age. But at the close of this Eden Age, 
two thousand years hence, the people at that day 
and time will readily see how this Eden century 
was at the close of this Gentile Age, by looking 
back to this day and time, just as we look back 
to the Christ century of the Jewish Age, and the 
flood century of the Antediluvian Age. So the 
report of this Eden century, and the end of this 
A. D. Age, is too simple for many to believe at 
this time ; and I can not blame any one, for I 
know as much about what a study it is, and 
what a study it takes for one to read until they 



THE EDEN AGE in 

comprehend the ancient writers, for I have tried 
it, and know there is work about it. But whether 
any one believes it or not, it is essential that it 
be done, and I have announced it for us all and 
in the name of all. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

A TALK ON THE ONE RIVER WITH FOUR HEADS 

It has neither beginning nor end. Pison, 
Gihon, Hiddekel and Euphrates. Pison is the 
first head, and surrounds Havilah. Gihon is sec- 
ond, and surrounds Ethiopia. Hiddekel is third, 
and goes toward the east of Assyria. Euphrates 
is the fourth river. Now watch closely. There is 
only one great river with four heads on the globe, 
and it is the river that went out of Eden at the 
beginning to water the Garden of Eden, the cre- 
ation. It is one solid body of water, divided into 
four parts. It is the Arctic, Antarctic, Atlantic 
and Pacific Oceans, which four are all one body 
of water. The first part of this great body of 
water compasseth (surrounds) the first conti- 
nent, the Americas, called by the prophetic writer 
Havilah. Pison's waters surround the whole land 
of gold. Remember Deuteronomy, the eighth 
chapter. This is the golden-sunset land. Here 
are golden opportunities. Here are golden privi- 



ii2 THE EDEN AGE 

leges. Here is where we are going to hold the 
golden jubilee of the three great ages. This cen- 
tury is the sixtieth hundred years since Eden of 
the old time. This is the golden age of all the 
ages. (See Tribute, page 41.) This is the golden 
altar of matrimony of all the nations. This is the 
century of the releasing of all nations. This is 
the marriage supper of the divided nations of six 
thousand years. The Americas are the whole 
land of Havilah, surrounded by the briny deep. 
The east hemisphere is the whole land of Ethi- 
opia, and that great part of creation is sur- 
rounded by the great waters of Gihon (the briny 
deep), and there is no way to get from one of 
these surrounded continents to the other except 
by the inventions of man. Now the one great 
river with four heads is the mighty seas, which 
is all one and the same body of water. And as 
we are living right now at the beginning of the 
Eden of another circle of time it is right for all 
who want to come to the knowledge of the be- 
ginning, which is the knowledge of Eden, to do 
so, but you will find it like many did the great 
knowledge of the twentieth or closing century of 
the Jewish Age, too simple to suit you, and if so, 
throw it aside. But T say the time is at hand. 
Now, six thousand years ago was Eden, and it 
was the beginning of the three ages, which are 
past, or will be past in full at the close of this 



THE EDEX AGE 113 

century, ninety-five years from now. And at that 
time God had both the east hemisphere and the 
west hemisphere under civilization and govern- 
ment as you see it now. This you may object to, 
but if you believe the first chapter of Ecclesiastes, 
you will not. You know the sun repeats its trips 
regularly around the globe. You know the night 
repeats its circuit or trips regularly around the 
globe. You ought to know that intelligence, 
which we call civilization and government, makes 
its trips regularly around the globe every six 
thousand years. And can't you see that what we 
call civilization and government encircle the globe 
of creation now at the close of the six thousand 
years, which is Eden, the beginning of another 
circle of six thousand years. The sun is twenty- 
four hours making its circuit around the globe. 
The night is twenty-four hours making its cir- 
cuit around the globe. Civilization and govern- 
ment are just six thousand years making their 
circuit around the globe. A year is just three 
hundred and sixty-five days and a fractional part 
making its circuit. God manages everything with 
system, and when civilization completely covers 
the two extremes, the east and west, it is then 
the beginning of another circuit of six thousand 
years, three ages, or twelve five hundreds. Eden 
is the name of this twentieth century. Flood is 
the name of the twentieth centurv from now. 



ii4 THE EDEN AGE 

And Christ is the name of the twentieth century, 
four thousand years from now. This is God's 
everlasting kingdom (ruling) which shall never 
be thrown down ; but use your pleasure, throw it 
down or hold it up, for at the end of each age we 
drink of that cup 

Bitter or sweet, 
There's no way to defeat 
The Christ who has placed 
These things at our feet. 

In the beginning of the past three ages, which 
was the first thousand years of the past six thou- 
sand, man (people) had the knowledge of Eden, 
because they were living in the Eden thousand 
years. There are three ways of looking at this 
present time and future. Thus : this century is 
the Eden century, speaking of the present cen- 
tury. 

This thousand years that began at (1901) the 
first year of this century is the Eden thousand, 
speaking of the present thousand years. 

This age of two thousand years' time that be- 
gan at (1901) the first year of this century is the 
Eden Age, speaking of the present age. (See 
figure one.) 

The first thousand years is always the Eden 
thousand of the cherubim of six thousand years. 



THE EDEX AGE 115 

And this ninety-five years (according to the com- 
mon calendar, not the prophetic) will close the 
six thousand years since the Eden of old time, 
which was before us. At the close of this century, 
we will be entering the first thousand years of 
another six thousand (according to the prophetic 
calendar, we entered at 1901), or in other words, 
we will be entering the seventh thousand years 
since Eden of old, which is the Eden of this pres- 
ent time. And we should again come in posses- 
sion of the lost knowledge of God's globe, the 
creation, with its two great continents, with its 
two great people, the intelligent man of the east, 
who tilled the soil and kept the orchards and vine- 
yards of the east continent dressed ; the unintel- 
ligent man of the west hemisphere wandering 
over his possession in the natural condition, as 
nature and time kept it in its rugged condition, 
which was the natural creation with the natural 
created man, as spoken of in the first chapter of 
Genesis, which man had no record or genealog} 
of himself. 

Xow I am going to show you the four rivers of 
that one body or river, which went out of Eden, 
to water the garden and preserve it, and after 
having run through the garden and moistened 
the ground, that same water returned into the 
great reservoir, which body has no beginning or 
end. The great river is the briny deep of the 



n6 THE EDEN AGE 

world. It has no beginning or end, and its four 
heads or divisions are the Atlantic Ocean, Pa- 
cific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic 
Ocean. Thus the great river or body is divided 
into four parts or heads. Now this is a perpetual 
water system, and the Arctic Ocean is the upper 
pool of Gihon, and it is that part of the great 
system above the gardens, the two great hemi- 
spheres. It is the highest body of water, and is 
the freshest and coldest body above the conti- 
nents, and is typical of the piece of ice in a large 
cask of water. The Arctic and Antarctic Oceans 
are the refining points of the one mighty sea sys- 
tem. And there is something strange about this 
master water system, which is kept by nature 
through the ages of eternity, how all the streams 
come out of the earth, some seeping, some creep- 
ing, some rushing and some gushing, and most 
of them continuing southward through the great 
gardens or continents, moistening the great valley 
lands all the time, and eventually they empty 
their flow of fresh water into the great reservoir 
near the tropical or warm part of the seas, and 
then there seems to be a great heat in the sea, 
which causes the waters that flow down out of 
the continents to again return upward, to the 
north or fresh water pool of Gihon, by way of 
the briny deep, by the Gulf Stream. On the 
mighty continents the great waters flow toward 



THE EDEN AGE 117 

the center of creation, and in the mighty deep 
the great flow seems to be northward. In other 
words, on land the waters flow downward, and 
in the seas the flow is upward. We are taught 
that three-fourths of the face of creation is water 
and one-fourth land. The sea is the brine, the 
salt of the world, the life of creation. The rivers 
and springs are the fresh-water fountains, which 
is the life of the human race, and all flesh of 
the land, God's garden. When the fresh water 
passes through the land and becomes stale, then 
it returns to the briny deep to be refined. Won- 
derful. 

The continents are God's gardens ; his serv- 
ants that dress, till and tend the gardens are 
the human race. They are like a lot of workmen 
on a large plat of ground, building a mansion for 
some millionaire. The servants can not compre- 
hend what the appearance of that place and 
palace will be until it is finished, and they look 
thereon. But the person having the work done, 
and the architect that drew the plans, and the 
master builder, are all able to comprehend the 
appearance the place will present before the be- 
ginning of the work. So the different nations 
throughout the whole world are the different 
bands or bodies of God's servants that are doing 
His will in helping to establish civilization and 
government throughout the whole world, and 



n8 THE EDEN AGE 

they should, through this coming thousand years, 
be able to see the great creation of God's globe 
rebuilt after the manner He desires, and they 
should be able to come to the knowledge of the 
Eden Age, and all nations start anew the count 
of God's three ages or seasons, which are the 
three grand divisions of time, and is the time 
from the overthrow of the world until the re- 
building of the same is complete. I handle the 
Bible, which is the history of the world by num- 
ber, and I see the progress of discovery and re- 
building goes by number ; therefore I introduce 
Eden by number. It is the seventh thousand 
years, which thousand years began at nineteen 
hundred and one, as I understand, by prophetic 
calendar. But most people say it does not begin 
until the close of this century, and I don't object 
to this. It is all right to view it in that way. The 
book of numbers in your Bible is a great book, 
and it is the numbers of time, and I am somewhat 
acquainted with the divisions of time or I would 
not write about them. I know that the cherubim 
is the circle of time, and that the circle of time is 
the cherubim, and that the circle of time is called, 
the time and times and a half time. I know 
that this same thing is the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, the ark of the testimony is the same 
thing, the mercy seat is the half time. I know the 
two cherubim spoken of in Numbers vii, 89, 



THE EDEX AGE 119 

are the three times and a half repeated. For ex- 
ample and to illustrate : I will say that the first 
circle of time or cherubim after the revolution at 
seventeen hundred and seventy-six, was the seven 
twelves (eighty-four years), and was the time 
from the year seventeen hundred and seventy- 
seven to eighteen hundred and sixty-one ; it was 
the three twenty-fours and a twelve years. This 
was one cherubim. The five years of the rebel- 
lion was the mercy seat. Then followed the sec- 
ond cherubim. It is the seven sixties, forty-two 
years, the time from the year eighteen hundred 
and sixty-five to nineteen hundred and seven. 
This is the two cherubim of this nation. The first 
cherubim was eighty-four years, the mercy seat 
was the five years' war. The second cherubim is 
forty-two years, just one-half the number of years 
of the first cherubim. 

Xow for the benefit of those who want to look 
up the words cherubim and Eden, to see in what 
sense they are used, I will give you the ready 
reference. 

Cherubim. Eden. 

Genesis 3 : 24. Genesis 2 : 8, 10, 15. 

Exodus 25 : 18-23. Genesis 3 : 23, 24. 

1 Kings 6 : 23. 2 Kings 19 : 12. 

1 Kings 8 : 6. Isaiah 51:3. 

Psalm 18 : 10. Ezekiel 2j : 23. 

Psalm 80 : 1. Ezekiel 28 : 13. 



120 THE EDEN AGE 

Cherubim . Eden . 

Psalm 99 : i. Ezekiel 31 : 9, 16, 18. 

Numbers 7, 89. Ezekiel 36:35. 

Exodus 36: 35. 
Exodus 37 : 7. 

1 -Samuel 4 : 4. 

2 Samuel 6 : 2. 
Ezekiel 10: 2, 20. 
Ezekial 1 1 : 22. 

You can run these references and see what is 
said in each sentence about the cherubim and 
Eden. Much more could be said by me, but it 
would be useless to add anything more concern- 
ing the cherubim, ark of the covenant, the bow 
in the cloud, the ark of the testimony, for they 
are all one and the same thing, and are the num- 
bers of the divisions of time, established and set 
in the nation by the God of heaven, and the na- 
tions obey them when the stipulated time of God 
is at hand. It is all the numbers of time. 

I know that the sun rises in the east, and passes 
over our heads toward the west, and disappears, 
and will be seen no more until its appearing in 
the east at morning. So I know that the world 
was settled by intelligent men from the east, just 
after the manner of sunrise and sunset. You 
know that while it is day in the east continent, it 



THE EDEX AGE 121 

is night in this west continent. So in the prophetic 
sense, while civilization and government was in 
the east hemisphere only, it was what might be 
called day there. And while the unintelligent or 
Indian was alone here in America, it was what 
might be called night here. Night, ignorance and 
superstition, the opposite to civilization and gov- 
ernment. Now as the man of the east hemisphere, 
the people we call intelligent, are in possession of 
both the east and west hemispheres, it is what 
John calls no more night there. So there is no 
prophetic night on the Americas now at this day 
and age of the world. The intelligent man now 
has a tolerably fair knowledge of the makeup of 
God's great creation, and knows pretty well about 
what every nation is doing wherever they abide. 
The first century of the twelfth design on the 
cherubim was the sixteenth century after Christ, 
and note this particular fact : That the progres- 
sive visions at the days of Christ began to move 
westward from the country of Palestine tow r ard 
Rome ; then from the country of Rome to Eng- 
land, which country is situated on the first meri- 
dian of the world's measure ; here is where the 
Bible was to be translated, and was translated. 
Then at sixteen hundred the people were ready 
to cross the great sea and come to America, the 
west hemisphere, and notice they did not cross, 
pass over, or leave the country on the first meri- 



122 THE EDEN AGE 

dian of the world's measure, until the translation 
of the Holy Bible was accomplished both in 
the German and the English language. 

Yes, it seems that as soon as the Bible was 
translated from the dead languages (Greek and 
Hebrew) to the living languages, English and 
German, that the time was at hand for the settling 
of the west hemisphere, and the isles of the sea. 
Now, it is a strange thing when we stop and 
think about the part the English nation has played 
in the establishing of civilization and government 
over the world, since she translated the word of 
God in the sixteenth century. This was really the 
beginning of the Antediluvian Age, Time, Tomb. 
(See the Andediluvian People, page 135.) 

The first people of the world is the English 
people, on the first meridian of the world's meas- 
ure ; they were the first people to perform the 
first translation of the Bible, from the first lan- 
guage it was first written in. And in time to come 
people by study will be more able to see what a 
wonderful period of time that was, and how that 
was the finding time of the Eden continent, and 
was the end of the Gentile time, and how Jeru- 
salem of the west hemisphere (the Palestine of 
the whole world) was trodden down of the Gen- 
tiles until the close of the Gqntile Age, or in 
other words until the three last centuries of the 
Gentile Age be come in. The three centuries are 



THE EDEN AGE 123 

now past and Jerusalem or the Palestine of the 
whole world (America) is ready for the holy 
teaching of the end of the three ages ; called by 
Christ and the apostles, the end of the world. I 
say these things will be looked at more in this 
way as we pass down through this century. 

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, 
the people of the east began to settle in this west 
hemisphere. We might call it the transplanting 
of the man of the east continent into the west con- 
tinent — the American park — to prepare it for the 
world's jubilee of the twentieth century. I like to 
think of America before it was discovered as a 
great park or natural zoo. I like to sit in medita- 
tion and imagine I am given the wings of the 
stork, and that I can travel the skies with great 
speed; in my vision of thought I imagine I visit 
this west hemisphere of God's globe in a mystical 
way, just before the discovery (1492) by Christo- 
pher Columbus. 

I like to imagine that you and I are sailing the 
sky far above the great sea, and we in a silent and 
mystic way come to visit God's silent, sleeping, 
sunset land of Americas. We will imagine it is a 
day in August (the lily month), and we" come in 
sight of this beautiful continent just as the sun is 
sinking low in the w T est, and while we are high in 
the sky a third mystic party joins us to instruct 
us concerning the fairy land of America through 



i2 4 THE EDEN AGE 

the coming five centuries, which centuries we are 
now almost past. 

And when He meets us, 

He says to us two, 

Behold the great view 

Of God's wonderful Zoo. 

This Indian land is reserved for you, 

For the closing of this age 

And the opening of the new. 

Which vision to the holy watchers, 

Will appear in view, 

At the beautiful dating, 

Eden — i, — i, — and 2. 

It has appeared to me, my kind reader, 

And I hope this will help you, 

In distinguishing the east hemisphere (the old) 

From ours, the west hemisphere (the new), 

And give you an idea of the cherubim, too, 

Which will instruct you just now 

From the old age to the new. 

And cause you to reverence the Holy Writ, 

The Old Testament ; and also the New, 

Which would open up fountains of knowledge, 

When the cherubim teaching would appear in 

view. 
Which promise God made to our fathers, 
Concerning the close of this old age, 
And the birth of the new, 



THE EDEN AGE 125 

And was at that time in the far distant future, 
And is now the present to you. 
And I beg you come join me in seeking knowl- 
edge, 
Concerning the close of this old age, 
And the opening up of the new, 
And give to the coming generations, 
The teaching we know to be true. 



THE INDIAN 

Poor Indian, poor Indian, 

That once happy man, 
Who inhabited America's 

Great hunting land. 
Where is he? Where is he? 

I ask you my friend? 
Do you see his possessions, 

Now in your hand ? 
Thousands have gone 

To that bright, happy land, 
Where Jesus, our Savior, 

Extends them his hand. 
While thousands remain, 

In this free, happy land, 
Engaged in the freeing* 

That God does command. 






126 THE EDEN AGE 

Poor Indian, poor Indian, 

Much enlightened to-day, 
Enjoying the freedom, 

That is given this way. 
Old Glory, our Flag, 

The red, white and blue, 
I hope all the nations, 

To it will prove true. 
America, America, 

Her fame be unfurled, 
While her knowledge and freedom 

Encircles the world. 
The Bible does lead, 

And it is the creed, 
And by it all nations 

Are soon to be freed. 



THE WORLD S GRAND JUBILEE 

Told in Poetry 

Now the white man of the east has come into 
the Americas, God's great park, and has been at 
work for three hundred years, generation after 
generation, preparing the great park for the 
world's jubilee. They have beautiful cities built, 
grand railways, and mail service, printing presses, 
telegraph and telephone service, electric lights, 
fertile fields, and beautiful roads, opened up 



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throughout the great continent, and at the close 
of the past century, at the year 1898, Uncle 
Samuel announced the opening of the grand 
jubilee. 

The first thing he said was, 

"Give me the Isles of the sea," 
And the reason of this 

Many nations couldn't see. 
But after the siege at Pekin, China, 

By the new date, Eden, 1, 4, and 23, 
He had opened the doors of the bridal chamber. 

Of that ancient nation, Chinee. 

To receive the ark of the covenant, 

By Eden 21, — 4, and 3, 
For by Eden 5, 4, and 3 the nations agree 

The Ark of the Covenant is not for old Russee. 

(The time, and times, and a half, is the ark of the 
covenant.) 

And this should be a great warning, 

To the holder of old Palestine — Turkey, 

That the divisions of time in America, 
Which was the hundreds three, 



128 THE EDEN AGE 

Has made Uncle Samuel commander 

Of the wonderful sea, 
In proclaiming the commandments, Jesus had 
spoken 

Around Old Galilee. 

Come ye, old governments, 

Come listen to me, 
We have rebuilt Fairy America, 

The land of the free, 

And are proclaiming to all nations 

The World's Jubilee ; 
Come hear the words of Jesus, 

They are flowing so free. 

And will bring back the Eden, 

That was taken from thee, 
And are returned to you children, 

By studying the cherubim — see, 
Its divisions are simple, 

Just 12, — 6, — and 3. 
In studying the cherubim, 

A vision appears unto me. 
I fancy I am sailing the sky 

Far above the great sea. 

Yes, away back yonder, too, 

Before Christopher's discovery, 
And as I passed over this American land, 

A messenger met me and beckoned his hand. 



THE EDEX AGE 129 

And immediately he veiled from my sight, 

This beautiful American land. 
And I beheld some one standing. 

With a book in his hand. 

Said he unto us two, 

To me and to you, 
Would you like a more grand 

And holier view ? 
He beckoned his hand. 

And bade us adieu. 
The unveiler comes to us 

That great mist sweeper, 
And said unto us, 

I'll show you the keeper. 

And show us he did, 

He kept nothing hid. 
The Bison, the Elk, 

The Deer and the Kid 
Were seen in the vision. 

That from the east hemisphere so -long had 
been hid. 

And even the keeper — Indian, 

Of this beautiful place. 
Just then he came up ; 

And I looked in his face. 
I was sad, my dear reader. 

It looked so full of disgrace, 



130 THE EDEN AGE 

I was going to speak, 

When the beckoning hand 

Beckoned "No" unto me, 
"You're in the holy land." 

I was wondering why 

This condition should be, 

When presently that Book 
Appeared unto me. 

And I read at a glance, 

God's promise in thee ; 
That in the far distant future, 

Near nineteen hundred and three, 

He would unveil the great mystery 
Of His power to the nations — see?- 

In rebuilding the vast Americas, 
In the centuries three. 

Which made us the people 

Commanding the sea, 
And if there be any more points, 

In this poetry, 
I will finish by saying, 

"They end the great ages, three." 

And now my kind reader, 
We are in the sixes, three, 

They are a rapid repetition, 
Of the centuries three. 



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And will cause this great nation, 

Commanding the sea, 
To do the commandments 

Jesus ordered near old Galilee. 

Notify all nations, 

'Tis Eden, again — see ? 
Lav down your great warfare. 

And rest under the tree. 



Eden, Eden, Eden, you see, 

Lay down your greal 
And rest under the tree 



Lay down your great warfare, 



Eden, Eden, Eden, you see, 

God bless the Trinity, 
That great number three. 






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Figure Five 




THE BOW AS A TOKEN OF A COVENANT 

And God said, This is the token of the covenant, which I 
make between me and you, and every living creature that is 
with you, for perpetual generations . 

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a 
covenant between me and the earth. 

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the 
earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud. 

(Genesis nine, twelve to fourteen.) 



The bow is the numbers of time, and when the cloud which 
is the national confusion is at hand, then you can see the cove- 
nant of God by number. 



THE BOW OF PERPETUAL GENERATIONS 
Figure Six 

from cloud to cloud, portrayed 
in the four last bows of the 
eleven bows of the Gentile age. 



The first cloud was the Revo- 










Wl IK 







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THE COVENANT 

The covenant in the bow is typical of the sun- 
rise and sunset, showing what is meant by Dan- 
iel viii, 26, in which he says the vision of the 
morning and evening which was told is true. I 
expect by these marks to make you able to com- 
prehend where and when national changes belong 
and are to take place, according to the prophetic 
writings. This is the prophetic almanac. These 
numbers are the same as the numbers on the 
cherubim, except they have the half time added, 
which shows Daniel's interpretation of "Mene, 
mene, tekel, upharsin," which is the last half of 
the three and a half and the last of the seven 
halves, and is mene, mene ; that is, they are the 
same. And tekel is the thirteenth quarter of 
time, and upharsin is the fourteenth quarter of 
time, and means the upheaval of the government 
at the close of it. These things are the only way 
God can bring man to a halt when he is going 
past the marks he has set. Don't you remember 
Deuteronomy xix, 14 says : "Thou shalt not re- 
move thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old 
time have set in thine inheritance, which thou 
shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God 
giveth thee to possess it." 



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THE AXCIEXT LANDMARK 

(Proverbs xxii, 28.) 

''Remove not the ancient landmarks which thy 
fathers have set." 

See the twenty-fourth chapter, first and second 
verses of Job. He there mentions the fact that the 
times are not hid from the Almighty, and that 
they that know Him see His days (times). Some 
remove the landmarks. But, my people, we pay 
dear for every transgression of God's law, and 
much could be said on many points, but I believe 
the annunciation is now long enough in comment 
on scripture. 

THE ANTEDILUVIAN PEOPLE 

The antediluvian people, four thousand years 
ago, dwelt in the west hemisphere, and they were 
a great and mighty people, and their government 
and power surpassed all* governments of the east 
hemisphere. They came up, or in other words, 
rose up out of this west hemisphere, just as we 
the American nation are doing, and have done 
during the last three hundred years. These three 
ages represent three great tombs, which are the 
tombs of the ages, and God brings the antedi- 
luvian nation forth out of the antediluvian tomb 



136 THE EDEN AGE 

(time), in this antediluvian continent. They be- 
gan to open this antediluvian continent three hun- 
dred years ago, and it was sealed with seven 
seals. These seven seals are the three hundred 
and fifty years, which is our national hieroglyphic. 
It is the time and times and half time, and is the 
seven fifties, and each fifty years represents a seal, 
and, as we are past the three hundred years, we 
have opened the six fifties, which is the six seals, 
and we are now entering the seventh fifty years, 
which is the seventh seal, and it will be open in 
full at nineteen fifty, just forty-five years from 
this annunciation. By that time many people will 
realize God's power in handling nations and his 
ability to bring governments into existence, and 
his ability to bring about relations between gov- 
ernments, which relations are not existing to-day. 
These things are all brought about by those who 
are at the head of the governments and serving 
their nations throughout the whole world, wher- 
ever such nations as the change may take place 
in do abide. And there is a time when it is right 
to make a treaty with another nation, and there 
is a time when it is right to break off a treaty ; 
this is always a critical time, a time to be dreaded ; 
for when friendly relations between nations are 
broken there is usually national trouble. But 
enough said on that strain. 

We are unsealing the great tomb of the antedi- 



THE EDEN AGE 137 

luvian nation, or in other words, the antediluvian 
age, known as the Eden Age, and whoever un- 
derstands the prophetic history must set in order 
the teachings of the ages, when the proper season 
is at hand. The antediluvian continent was dis- 
covered fourteen hundred ninety-two. It is Amer- 
ica. The antediluvian nation was born seventeen 
hundred seventy-six A. D. The antediluvian na- 
tion did divide or rebel at eighteen hundred and 
sixty-one A. D., and fought among themselves 
until the close of the year sixty-five. They were 
reunited during the year sixty-five, after they 
had laid the land most desolate. (Matthew xxiv, 
15, the abomination of desolation spoken of by 
Daniel the prophet.) When they quit fighting 
the abomination of desolation was seen standing 
at the end. Daniel ix, 26, reads : "And after 
three-score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut 
off." Which being interpreted is: "And after 
three times, or whole double numbers, which rep- 
resent the three-score, and the half time, he calls 
the two weeks, which means thirteenth -and four- 
teenth quarters, and is tekel and upharsin, then 
the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself." 
The people of the prince shall come and destroy 
the city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof 
shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the 
war desolations are determined ; so now you 
ouo-ht to be able to better understand the three 



138 THE EDEN AGE 

great numbers. You understand that three-score 
is six tens or three twenties, and is the prophetic 
three without the half. And the half is the thir- 
teenth and fourteenth quarters. (See figure five.) 
So Daniel just mentioned the three grand num- 
bers as the three-score, and referred to the half 
time as the two divisions, calling them the two 
weeks. (Tekel and upharsin.) And he tells us 
until the end of the war desolations are deter- 
mined, and Christ referred to the desolation 
spoken of by Daniel. (Matthew xxiv, 15.) 

The sixth fifty was the fifty years just closed at 
the beginning of this century, and that sixth 
seal held the rebellion. And the fifth seal held the 
wars of eighteen twelve and forty-seven. And 
the fourth seal held the revolution. Now we will 
repeat the seals from four to seven. 

Fourth seal held the revolution. 

Fifth seal held the wars of the years eighteen 
twelve and forty-seven. 

Sixth seal held the rebellion. 

And this seventh seal will hold its wonders. It 
will reveal the antediluvian nation and its or- 
ders. All nations are God's. 



THE EDEN AGE 139 

THE REBUILDING OF THE WEST HEMISPHERE 

And true as you know it is, 

Yet as fiction it may seem, 
The rebuilding of the west hemisphere 

Seems to me as a dream. 
And the Bible, the Book 

Which has played the chief part, 
The commandments of God, 

From which we never should part, 

Knowing it to be true, 

And that if ever we did, 
The sacrifice of God's Lamb, for the 
Commingling of people, 

Would forever be hid. 
Then let us mingle together, 

And others' burdens help bear, 
And so fulfill that holy petition. 

Our Saviour's sweet prayer. 

SUPPLICATION 

Father, the eternal God, we ask Thy blessing 
upon all nations, kindred, tongue and tribe, 
knowing that throughout the whole world, Thy 
nations abide. They are under Thy guidance, 
though they have speared Thine own side. Yet 
Thou art the light of the world, and all nations 
Thou dost guide, by Thy sweet story of Jesus, 



140 THE EDEN AGE 

who on the cross suffered and died, for the re- 
uniting of Thy divided nations. Jesus was cruci- 
fied, and instituted the song of the Gospel, a 
hymn of great pride, and the children of this re- 
public have sung it world-wide. As a sweet in- 
vitation to all nations, wherever they abide, their 
presence is requested at all national festivals 
held on this far western side of the creation of 
God, where does abide the antediluvian nation 
and Old Glory, their pride, 

The United States of America. 

THE ANNUNCIATION'S NUMBERS IN THE 
WORLD'S HIEROGLYPHIC 

The annunciation was written at the close of 
the six thousand years of the world's history. 

The annunciation was written at the close of 
the six fifties, of the three hundred years' labor 
in rebuilding America. 

The annunciation was written and published at 
the close of the first six years of the twentieth 
century of the Gentile Age. 

The annunciation was written at the beginning 
of the seven thousand years of the world's his- 
tory. 

The annunciation was written at the beginning 
of the seventh fifty years of America's history. 

The annunciation was written and published 



THE EDEN AGE 141 

during the first seven years of the Eden century 
of this Gentile Age. 

It is a history of the Antediluvian Age. 

It is a history of the Jewish Age. 

It is a history of the Gentile Age. 

The annunciation's number in the world's hi- 
eroglyphic is six, six, six, and seven, seven, seven. 
Which being interpreted is, A compilation intro- 
ducing the seventh thousand years of the world's 
history ; and the seventh fifty years of America's 
history, since the sixteenth century, and written 
in the first seven years of this Eden Age. 

It is a prophetic explanation of the three great 
ages, which is the time from Eden of old unto 
Eden of to-day, which vision was revealed to me 
by a deep study of the prophetic and the common 
history of the three great ages, and the three 
last centuries of the three great ages, in Amer- 
ica under the three grand ruling parties. 

The kings of England to seventeen hundred 
and seventy-six. 

The second or united slavery party, from sev- 
enteen hundred and seventy-six, unto eighteen 
hundred and sixty-one. 

The third or united freedom party, unto the 
present writing. 

The reopening of the three great continents. 
North America, South America, and Africa, and 
the settling up of the mighty continents in so 



142 THE EDEN AGE 

short a period of time, has caused me to look 
deeply into the prophetic writings of God's word, 
over and above board of politics, religion or busi- 
ness, and read to understand. And having come 
to much understanding, I saw the need of such 
a writing as this, The Annunciation of the Eden 
Age. So I have written what I think necessary 
at this time, which is just enough to cause per- 
sons interested in all nations' welfare to think. 

i. The Twentieth (20th) Century of the An- 
tediluvian Age was called Flood. 

2. The Twentieth (20th) Century of the Jew- 
ish Age was called Christ. 

3. The Twentieth (20th) Century of the 
Gentile Age is called Eden. 

This seventh thousand years is the Eden thou- 
sand years ; this twentieth century is its birth, 
and this seventh thousand years is nothing more 
than the first thousand of another circle of six 
thousand years. 

I have written this just as an introduction to 
our nation, and when the proper time comes the 
nations will realize the necessity of the change 
of the style of the age, and will do what is right 
about it then, and as the time for that is not here, 
we need only read, watch and think. 

I am the Rose of Sharon, said He. And His 
power never faileth. It will be manifested. 



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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD 

The highest point of the light of the world, 
which light is the sun, is at the point numbered 
twelve on our common timepiece. 

The highest point of intellect, civilization and 
transportation, inventions and contrivances of 
man can be seen on God's creation, at the point 
numbered twelve on the prophetic (cherubim) 
timepiece. 

The noon hour is the greatest meal hour of the 
day, that is, there is usually more of a variety of 
eatables on the table at that hour than at others. 
And at the noon hour of the ages, at which hour 
you and I now are living, is to be seen the great- 
est variety of eatables and drinks the world has 
ever known since this same time back in Eden of 
old time, and there are ninety-five years yet un- 
til this twelfth prophetic hour is complete. 

When the twelfth hour is past then the light 
of the world, which is the great sun, is on its 
downward trend ; no man, people, nation or na- 
tions can stay it, or prolong it, but it will go down 
out of sight, and will be gone from us about as 
long as it was with us ; while it is gone all na- 
tions are at rest, and at the early morning of the 
next day it rises with all its strength, beauty and 
power, and does God's service as correctly 



144 THE EDEN AGE 

through this day, and all future days, as it did 
through all past days. 

How great are the ministering bodies, the sun, 
moon and the stars to our God's creation. 

The end of the age should be taught, for the 
time is at hand. 

When the twelfth hour on the great prophetic 
clock face of the ages is past, the highest degree 
of intellect, government, civilization, transporta- 
tion, inventions and contrivances of man can be 
seen on the downward trend, and no man, people, 
nation or nations can stay it or prolong it, but 
the highest stage of civilization will go down out 
of sight, and all nature will rest from this pres- 
ent condition of rapid hustle and speed, but as it 
will be two thousand years from now to the sun- 
set of these things, no man will be able to realize 
it is going on unless he educates himself to look 
forward through the coming six thousand years 
just as he looks backward through the past six 
thousand years. The three redeeming words are, 
Past, Present and Future. 

We must learn to look forward to the coming 
Eden season and backward to the past Eden sea- 
son, just as we learn to look forward to the com- 
ing winter season and backward to the past winter 
season. It is the future for us, the past is not 
ours. We must have faith in the future history 
to be able to look through it. And we must have 



THE EDEX AGE 145 

faith in the past history to look backward through 
it. Some one away back yonder told us when 
Eden was of old time, and some one now will 
have to tell us when the Eden of now is. (See 
figure one.) 

SUNRISE AND SUNSET OF THE AGES 

The sunrise of the ages was at the arrow named 
Christ and noon is now, and is at the arrow 
named Eden, and sunset is two thousand years 
in the future at the arrow named Flood. And it 
will be night of the ages from the Flood period 
to the Christ period again, just as it was before. 
Christ has told you in His word that God is not 
the God of the dead, as you suppose, but that He 
is God of the living. He is the God of Abraham, 
Isaac and Jacob, and they were astonished at his 
doctrine because he said that God was not God 
of the dead, but that he was God of the living, 
and that He mentioned Abraham, Isaac and 
Jacob, who had (so they thought) been dead lo 
these many years. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob 
means the three grand divisions of time, by 
which all the prophets were educated in the Holy 
Writ, of which time it is written thus : "It is not 
for you to know the times and seasons, which 
the Father has put in His power until the Holy 
Ghost is come upon you, and then you shall fore- 



146 THE EDEN AGE 

know these things// Holy Ghost means the holy 
understanding — the true understanding — which 
is the times and seasons, and shows us how to 
foreknow or foresee national changes, as Peter 
has already said, "knowing this first of all, that 
no prophecy is of private (that is individual) 
interpretation," but is national and is not spoken 
by the will of man at all. Peter says no prophecy 
came by the will of man, but they spake the 
things that they knew were ordered by the spirit. 

THE PROPHETIC WRITINGS ARE A MYSTERY. 

The prophetic writings are a mystery to this 
day to all the people who do not understand the 
times and seasons. I am aware of this fact, sure 
I am. I expect to be able to instruct but few per- 
sons in the times and seasons to the extent that 
I am myself ; some few may become more familiar 
with the times and seasons by studying my writ- 
ings on the same. If so, all right, or if not, all 
right, I can not help it. I can not tell what this 
book may accomplish as an instructor of the end 
of the age. But this I do know, we are in the 
great century of understanding, and I also know 
that many persons will say to this day the very 
things recorded in Isaiah, the thirtieth chapter 
and tenth verse, which is thus : "They say to the 
seers, see not, and to the prophets, prophesy not 



THE EDEX AGE 147 

unto us right things, speak unto us smooth 
things, prophesy deceit ; get you out of the way, 
turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One 
of Israel to cease from before us." 'Yet the 
eighth verse reads: "Now go write it before 
them in a table, and not in a book, that it may be 
for the time to come forever and ever" (perpet- 
ual, continual). And I teach Eden, Flood and 
Christ after Eden, Flood and Christ. I know 
the fourth division of time, which is the half 
time, is called Israel ; the three grand divisions 
of time are known by the names of Abraham, 
Isaac and Jacob, and the half time is Israel, and 
that the people of the half time are called by the 
prophetic writers the house of Israel, the chil- 
dren of Israel, etc., and are a rebellious people 
or children that will not hear the law of the 
Lord. The book of Revelation is the law of the 
Lord, and you know that it is the revelation of 
Jesus Christ, the Lord, and you also know that 
the people do not and will not hear it. Why? 
Because it is in figurative language, and people 
do not know who does understand it, and I will 
say this : it is a national book and foretells the 
movements of the nation that is living out the 
law of the Lord. The churches do not handle it 
as church doctrine, none of them, and rightly 
so ; it is not. And you can believe, or not be- 
lieve, the person that handles it in a national 



148 THE EDEN AGE 

way; that's all up to you. I am not after fame 
and notoriety, converts or followers to any re- 
ligion, politics or business, but am laboring in 
the interest of the new age and the people of the 
coming two thousand years. We are now pass- 
ing the end of the third age, which is named Ja- 
cob, and this seventh thousand years, which is 
the half of an age, is Israel, and the people of 
this thousand years are the house of Israel, of 
the ages. 

THE VISION OF THE SEALED BOOK 

(Isaiah xxix, 10.) 

"For the Lord hath poured out upon you the 
spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes ; 
the prophets and your rulers, the seers, hath he 
covered. 

u And the vision of all is become unto you as 
the words of a book that is sealed, which men 
deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, 
I pray thee ; and he saith, I can not ; for it is 
sealed. 

"And the book is delivered to him that is not 
learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee ; and he 
saith, I am not learned. (This has reference to 
the book of Revelation.) Wherefore the Lord 
said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me 
with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, 



THE EDEN AGE 149 

but have removed their heart far from me, and 
their fear toward me is taught by the precept of 
men ; 

.. "Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a mar- 
velous work among this people, even a marvelous 
work and a wonder ; for the wisdom of their wise 
men shall perish, and the understanding of their 
prudent men shall be hid. Surely your turning 
of things upside down shall be esteemed as the 
potter's clay. 

"And in that day shall the deaf hear the words 
of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see 
out of obscurity, and out of darkness." So read 
several verses of the twenty-ninth chapter of 
Isaiah. 

We are very near that day now, of which He 
spoke, saying, "That the deaf should hear, 
and blind see/' meaning prophetic deafness and 
blindness, not natural (blind to the prophetic 
writings). The seven churches are the seven 
divisions of time. The seven golden candlesticks 
are the seven divisions of time. The seven candle- 
sticks are the seven churches. The seven stars 
are the angels of the seven churches, which are 
the seven divisions of time. The word angel 
means spirit, and spirit means life, manner and 
custom, and the seven shades, or shadows, are 
seen in the people's custom and their habits. 



150 THE EDEN AGE 

which change as the divisions of time pass, and 
we are now living in the seventh shade since the 
rebellion. 

The spirit of the people shows this to be tlv x 
seventh shade, calling six years a shade, but if 
seven years be a shade, then we lack a year and 
six months of being into the seventh shade, and 
seven times seven years equal forty-nine years, 
and that added to eighteen hundred and sixty- 
five would give us the year nineteen hundred and 
fourteen as the close of the seventh shade ; but 
I feel safe in saying we are already in the seventh 
shade, but if not, we will begin to enter the 
seventh shade at nineteen hundred and seven. 

And there were seven lamps of fire burning 
before the throne, which are the seven spirits of 
God (Rev. iv, 5), which are the seven divisions 
of time. And there stood a lamb as it had been 
slain, having seven horns and seven eyes (Rev. 
v, 6), which are the seven spirits of God sent 
forth into all the earth, meaning the seven di- 
visions of time. 

The seven seals are the seven divisions of time. 
'And the seven trumpets (Rev. viii) are the seven 
divisions of time. And the seven thunders (Rev. 
x) are the seven divisions of time. And the seven 
angels (Rev. xiv) are the seven divisions of 
time. 



THE EDEN AGE 151 

THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES 

The seven last plagues (Rev. xv) are the sec- 
ond seven divisions of time ; thus the first seven 
divisions of time after our declaration was seven 
twelves — eighty-four years ; twelve years was a 
shade or plague ; add eighty- four years on the 
year seventeen seventy-seven, and we have 
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, the breaking out 
of the rebellion. This represents the first seven 
plagues, and God always creates with tw r o. 
There had to be another seven plagues to make 
the first and last, and the image flag went down 
at the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and 
then began the seven last plagues of the nation, 
and they are the seven times six years since the 
rebellion, which is forty-two years. Six years 
represent a shade or plague, and when the year 
nineteen hundred and seven is past this nation 
will be of. age; for at that time this nation will 
be past both the seven first plagues and also the 
seven last plagues, which do constitute and com- 
plete the prophetic scale. 

The prophetic scale 

The prophetic scale is made up of seven notes, 
just like the common music scale, like this: 
There are three major steps, and then a half step, 
thus : 



152 THE EDEN AGE 

Do, Re, Mi, then the half- step to Fa, 
Sol, La, Si, then the half step to Do. 
This now represents the full scale, and is three 
major steps and a minor repeated, and is eight 
notes, or three and a half two times, which is 
from Do, the first note, to Do, the eighth. The 
eighth is the first on a different place on the 
staff, after the run of the seven notes upward. 
And in prophecy it represents the seven divisions 
of time. This is what John meant in Rev. xv 
by saying, "They sing the song of Moses and the 
Lamb." They that had gotten the victory over 
the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, 
and over the number of his name, which number 
is six hundred three score and six, or, in other 
words, is six, six, six ; saying, great and marvel- 
ous are Thy works Lord God Almighty, true and 
just are Thy ways, thou King of Saints. And 
this nation's prophetic scale began at the declara- 
tion of independence, and we are now signing 
the high Do, this six years. Here I will figure 
it for you, as I sing it so you will be more able 

to understand it. Thus, beginning at l 77& 

The first note is Do, and is twenty-four 

years 24 

The second note is Re, and is twenty-four 

years 24 

The third note is Mi, and is twenty-four 

years 24 



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The fourth note is Fa, and is twelve years 12 



And is the half step and brings us down the 
highway of time to the year i860 

Five years they dwelt on that sad tone, 
Fa (the turmoil) ah 5 

1865 

Then began the fifth note, Sol, twelve years. 12 

Sixth note, La, twelve years 12 

Seventh note, Si, twelve years 12 

Eighth note, Do, the six years 6 

Which is the half step, and brings us down 

the highway of time to the year 1 9°7 

The first three and a half is made up of seven 
twelves and is eighty-four years. The last three 
and a half is made up of seven sixes and is forty- 
two years. This completes the prophetic song 
of this nation. She is complete at nineteen hun- 
dred and seven. The prophetic song is the time 
allotted for the making of a nation. 

Paul says if the law has made you free, then 
you are free indeed, and I am free born, and can 
freely speak of these things, for I am not under 
the bondage of any organization, sect or creed 
of any kind, but am first and last for the govern- 
ment of us all, and. am an admirer or lover of 
all the religious bodies that exist under the pro- 






154 THE EDEN AGE 

tection of our government, and I see the necessity 
of all of them. Every one of them, I said, pro- 
tected by the government, and that includes all 
of them, doesn't it? I am not as individual in 
my views on God's word as most men ; but I am 
what you would call a religious man, and can eat 
all kinds of meat, that is all kinds of doctrines, 
yet I was raised up by the strictest sect of Phari- 
sees of this day and time. You see, I believe 
God's word, that every branch that beareth not 
fruit He, the Father, taketh away, by us, His 
servants, when the time comes. But back to the 
government which is the mother of all living. 

adam's wife named eve 

You remember the scripture says that Eve was 
the mother of all living. Or, in other wards, 
Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she 
was the mother of all living. Because she was 
the mother of all living, and at that time was not 
the mother of any one living, and had no mother, 
but was the descendant of the body of man. I 
think this is most applicable to the government, 
for it has no mother and is yet the mother of 
all other living governments, organizations, spir- 
itual and temporal, and it is of man, and it is the 
mother of every united effort of man. So I am 
for Mother Eve first and last, for she is the 



THE EDEX AGE 155 

mother of all of us United States children ; yes, 
Eve is. We are the antediluvian people, and our 
government is the mother Eve, the antediluvian 
government, and in her will be found the antedi- 
luvian teaching and count of time, when the 
proper time comes. In her will be found the long- 
lost knowledge of prophetic astronomy, and this 
great nation has great work to do. I know it, for 
I am one of the seers of this century. I see it is the 
Eden century, and that we must have the Eden 
knowledge by the close of the century, and I see 
what the Eden history is, but you know what 
part the seers have always played all through the 
past, don't you? If not, then I will tell you. 

THE SEERS 

The seer is the one who saw and reported the 
matter, and that is just about all they ever did do. 
It is about the least and last profession that any 
man can enter into while he lives in this, material 
world, for it is a profession that people can not 
understand until they study it. Just like every 
other profession, you have to serve some time at 
it before you see the beauty and light there is in 
it. But there is no cash income in this profes- 
sion, and I suppose you will see very few books 
on visions and hear very few sermons on the rev- 
elation of Jesus Christ. But part two and the 



156 THE EDEN AGE 

figure number two shows you the great street 
or highway of time, from Christ the begin- 
ning of this age down to the present time, and 
it is like a railroad with telegraph poles along it 
(you notice the crosses look like poles), and you 
notice there are five poles in the first thousand 
years, and also five in the second thousand years, 
and you notice they stand under the first five, 
and these represent the ten horns which John, in 
Rev. xvii, 16, has spoken of after this manner, 
saying: "And the ten horns, which thou sawest 
upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and 
make her desolate, and naked, and shall eat her 
flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put 
in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and 
give their kingdom unto the beast, until the 
words of God shall be fulfilled." So it is true 
that the nations keep each age of two thousand 
years, as is recorded in the word, until the end 
of each age, then it is fulfilled. The apostles 
set up this age two thousand years ago, and it 
was right for the nations of the ten divisions of 
time to agree and give their ruling unto the A. D. 
Age, until the word of God be fulfilled, and when 
it has been fulfilled our people will be slow to 
recognize the fact that the time is out, for this 
reason. Some one skilled in prophetic history 
must proclaim the end of an age and set a new 
style that is in harmony with the prophetic his- 



THE EDEX AGE 157 

tory, and this is so peculiar to any Bible teaching 
that the people are used to hearing that they will 
be slow to believe it; and they are so prejudiced 
and so set in their religious beliefs and ideas that 
they think everything is a departure from the 
truth that is not just what they have been used 
to hearing. They don't know and can not know, 
that the prophetic history establishes the ages, 
and not the common history, unless they be 
taught. And the prophetic history is not the 
foundation of any religion, and the people think 
that if you take Bible for the foundation or 
base of your talk, that you are of some sect or 
creed, and that your object is to lead them cap- 
tive. People at this day and age of the world, 
ought not to be as slow in recognizing the end 
of an age, or, that is, the teaching of the end of 
an age, as they were in the days of the apostles, 
for we are at the close of the circle of the three 
ages and we are well enough read in all history 
of the past to know that people have always 
fought the new things through the past until 
the present ; now we should be able to see the 
folly of such actions, and I hope we have learned 
to love the new things and desire them ; hence I 
feel like we ought to readily recognize the teach- 
ing of the new Eden Age, and appreciate the 
same more than the people did the teaching of 
the end of the Jewish A^e, for we have manv ad- 



THE EDEN AGE 



vantages over the people of that day, which ad- 
vantage is books, maps and charts of the whole 
world, and have a fair knowledge of the globe 
and its nations, and in fact a fair knowledge of 
everything ancient and modern ; that is why I 
think the end of this age should be established by 
teaching instead of desolations, as was the past 
age. Now there is only one book in the world 
that has this peculiar statement in it, and it is the 
book of Revelation, and the seventeenth chapter, 
and the peculiar statement is this : "And the 
beast which was, and is not, and yet is, even he 
is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into 
perdition." This is very peculiar. 

The beast, which was, and is not, and yet is. 
How could anything have once been, and not 
be now, and yet be? How could anything once 
be, and not be, and yet be? This is prophetic 
speech of the past, present and future. Was, is 
of the past ; is not, is speaking of the present, and 
yet is, refers to the future. How can any one get 
eight out of seven? This being interpreted is as 
follows : To-day is Friday, and I, in speaking of 
Sunday, would say, the day which was and is 
not, and yet is, even it is the eighth day and is of 
the seven, and it goeth away. (Perdition means 
going to naught.) And haven't you often heard 
persons say, Sunday and Sunday is eight? or 
Monday and Monday is eight? Yes, when you 



THE EDEN AGE 159 

are talking about the seven days of a week you 
are talking about time. And there are seven 
names for the seven days, and the eighth day is 
named one of the seven names, and is nothing 
but the first day of another seven, and is the new 
start. So you see that peculiar language is sim- 
ple and plain. John calls the eighth day the 
Beast, because when the seven prophetic days 
run out, and the first, which is the eighth, is at 
hand, then there is war. It is the day of circum- 
cision, what we call in common history the day 
of war, and war is always done on what is called 
the first or eighth prophetic day ; and John sees 
fit to call it the Beast, and he knew it belonged 
to the eighth day, which was the first or begin- 
ning of another seven days, and that it would be 
marked by war. And he said in the same chapter 
that they that dwell on the earth shall wonder 
(whose names w r ere not written in the Book of 
Life from the foundation of the world) when 
they behold the Beast, which was, and is not, and 
yet is .• Which, being interpreted, is : War which 
has been, and is not now, and will be in the fu- 
ture, on the eighth prophetic day. War has been, 
but is not now, and will be again in the future, 
when the time comes. And having seen these 
things myself, I expect by this book to be able 
to help you see the same thing when the time 
comes. And when you do see the Beast, which 



i6o 



THE EDEN AGE 



was, and is not, and yet is, then you will wonder, 
for the war which was once waged among us, 
and is not now waged among us, but will again 
be waged among us, belongs to the eighth pro- 
phetic day, which day is always the first day of 
every seven days. These things come not by the 
will of me or any other man, but by the will of 
God. There is much said concerning the watch, 
and it is our duty to watch. These things are not 
the will of man, but the will of God. You know 
by reading this book that I have spoken boldly 
on this subject. My views of the holy vision, and 
my words concerning the same, are not bound by 
anything or any body. To write a document like 
this a man has to be free born and an independent 
viewer of the interests of all. Not boasting do I 
say this, but of a truth. I am known by the peo- 
ple of my community just as you, my reader, are 
known in your community. I am for indepen- 
dence, and speak the truth as I understand it. 
But when the last trump shall sound, and you see 
the two go into the field, dressed in the war 
clothes, with the beautiful dress, cords and tas- 
sels, glittering spears and prancing horses, and 
you hear the thunderbolts from the heavy ar- 
tillery, the shouting of the captains, the great 
cloud of smoke rising, and the disappearing of 
great men, mighty men, horsemen, footmen, flags 
and artillery in the holy fire; then, if never be- 



THE EDEX AGE 161 

fere, you will comprehend the bitterness I have 
tasted in the holy supper of the Passover. Then, 
if never before, you will appreciate the annuncia- 
tion of the holy age. Then, if never before, you 
will appreciate my boldness of speech. Then, if 
never before, you will see more light in the reve- 
lation of Jesus Christ. Then, if never before, you 
will see the necessity for contending for peace 
through the revelation of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Why should they take the greatest privileges 
from the kings of England at 1776? 

I ask you the question, Why did they lay deso- 
late the greatest enterprises, slavery and planta- 
tions, at eighteen hundred and sixty-five? 

I say to you, watch the Holy People (the sol- 
diery) lay the land most desolate at the end of the 
world, the Holy Xumbers. 

This is a book of the wars waged at the close of 
each three times and a half. ( See Numbers xxi, 
14.) "Wherefore it is said in the book of the 
wars of the Lord." 



1 62 



THE EDEN AGE 



Figure Seven 
THE GLOBE 




THE STUDY OF HISTORY BY GEO- 
GRAPHICAL LINES 

Figure Xo. 7 represents the globe of creation, 
and shows the prophetic count of time from Eden 
to Eden again. The outside circle shows the 
count of the centuries, one after the other in 
succession, to the sixtieth, which is the Eden 
century again. 

This century we are now living in is the six- 
tieth, and completes the circle of time from the 
Eden condition of old time to the Eden condi- 
tion of the present time. 

The second circle shows the count of time 
from the beginning of an age to the close of it. 
Twenty centuries complete an age. 

The third circle represents the boundary of 
the globe of creation. 

The fourth, or inner circle, represents the 
fortieth parallel, crossing the greatest countries 
on the globe, along which the great Bible visions 
are witnessed. 

I have outlined the United States and the 
Chinese Territory with dotted lines. These are 
the two largest pieces of territory crossed by the 

163 



164 THE EDEN AGE 

fortieth parallel at this day and age of the world. 
The dark part of the design represents the briny 
deep, the sea system or water system of crea- 
tion. The dotted lines, running out to the point 
named Flood, show the position of the great 
prophetic clock hands at the time Noah preached, 
taught and sung the flood in the ears of the peo- 
ple. (At the flood century.) According to his- 
tory Noah was one hundred and .twenty years 
introducing the Flood Age. The dotted lines 
running out to the point named Christ show the 
position of the great prophetic clock hands at 
the time the apostles preached, taught and sung 
Christ in the ears of the people. (At the Christ 
century.) According to history the apostles were 
about sixty years (one-half the time allotted 
Noah) in introducing the Christ Age. The great 
prophetic clock hands as they now stand are 
pointing to the Eden century again, and I, 
Samuel, must preach, teach and sing Eden in 
the hearing of the people of this time. (At this 
Eden century.) According to history, I am al- 
lotted about thirty years (one-half the time al- 
lotted the apostles) to introduce the Eden Age, 
and it will keep me very busy. When you get the 
annunciation, read up on the theme and help me. 
The three last centuries of the Antediluvian Age, 
which was the seventeenth, eighteenth and nine- 
teenth centuries, was the time in which the pyr- 



THE EDEN AGE 165 

amids in Egypt were built. China and Egypt 
were rival countries at that time, and in Egypt 
was the greatest and most progressive people on 
the globe. Labor commanded the best wages in 
Egypt ; the most stupendous undertakings were 
accomplished during that twentieth century, 
which is called Flood, and of the two rival coun- 
tries (China and Egypt) Egypt surpassed China 
during that century, and China became a sealed 
nation; and about seven hundred and some odd 
years afterward Moses rose up and led the chil- 
dren of Israel out of Egypt, and during the 
eighth century, after the flood, which was the 
twenty-eighth century in the outside circle or 
count (see figure 7) the Egyptian government 
was completely dissolved, according to the word 
of God. Moses, now leading the children toward 
Palestine, dies in the land of Moab. Joshua now 
leads the children into the country of Palestine, 
and by the close of the tenth century after the 
flood, w T hich was the thirtieth century from 
Eden, the building up of the country of Palestine 
began, and during the seventeenth, eighteenth 
and nineteenth centuries of that age, which was 
the thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth 
centuries after Eden, Palestine became rebuilt, 
and was the greatest country on the globe at that 
time. It and the European countries became 
rivals, and during the fortieth century the Euro- 



1 66 THE EDEN AGE 

pean nations laid Palesttine in desolation. Christ 
was taught in Palestine during the twentieth 
century of the Jewish Age, which was the for- 
tieth century after Eden, but they had no desire 
to hear the meek and lowly Jesus; nor the apos- 
tles of the same, but fought against progressive 
teaching, and the rival country surpassed Pales- 
tine, and the European country excelled all 
others, until the dawn of the seventeenth century 
after Christ ; then the children or outcasts of the 
east began to flock into the Americas, and during 
the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth cen- 
turies after Eden, which was the seventeenth, 
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries after Christ, 
Americas became the great progressive and 
advancing nation or people of the world. This 
United States became the greatest labor field of 
the world. Here labor commands the highest 
price ; here the most stupendous undertakings 
must be accomplished during this twentieth cen- 
tury. It is here where the new age must be 
taught, and from now on the teachers of the tem- 
poral and spiritual interests of the nations of the 
world will come out of our nation. She is the 
bride, the Lamb's wife, the antediluvian govern- 
ment. Who will heed or hear the Revelation of 
Jesus Christ in the holy land of the whole world, 
America? (Mother, Mother Eve.) The Eden 
government and the rival countries of the world 



THE EDEX AGE 167 

to-day are not on the same continent. Now the 
rival countries are the east and west hemispheres ; 
the surpassing must be accomplished by this, our 
west hemisphere. Tis after the manner of sun- 
rise and sunset. Like this China and Egypt, 
Egypt surpassed China in the twentieth century 
after Eden. Palestine and Europe, Europe sur- 
passing Palestine during the fortieth century 
after Eden. Now the east and west hemispheres, 
the west surpassing the east, during this six- 
tieth century after Eden. Now during the first 
twenty-one years of this century we must have 
the most holy obedience to the government of our 
Lord (temporal Lord), which w 7 ill require our 
blood or imprisonment if we do not render holy 
obedience unto the same, for the time is at hand 
(see article n, page 67) for the. highest standard 
of morality (moral duties) of this nation. For 
the true understanding of the ancient holy writ- 
ings are soon to be visited upon this nation, and 
it must be visited upon us for the preservation 
of our nation and the works of our hands, the 
beauties of our country, for the coming five hun- 
dred years. 

God bless us all, and help us to look to the 
wonderful changes of the future and the appear- 
ance of the holy government with pure hearts 
and clean hands. Not our will, but thine, O Thou 
Eternal God. 



1 68 THE EDEN AGE 

Palestine, the holy land of the east hemisphere, 
lies between the thirtieth and fortieth meridians, 
and between the thirtieth and fortieth parallels, 
and in the country of Palestine was seen the 
teaching of the morning, . the beginning of this 
A. D. Age. This age was taught here, and there 
in old Palestine was where the people witnessed 
the morning visions of this A. D. Age. They 
were visible to many people at the time the apos- 
tles were speaking of them, and they were visible 
to thousands of people at the close of the first 
century after Christ. But the nations did not 
want to change the style of the age, and did not, 
so history tells us, until about three hundred 
years after Christ. Some historians say it was 
done by Constantine about three hundred years 
after Christ. 

Palestine of this west hemisphere is the United 
States. This is the evening Palestine of the even- 
ing hemisphere, and in it will be seen the evening 
visions of the evening or ending of this A. D. 
Age. The declaration was one vision. At the re- 
bellion was another ; and watch for the others, 
for there are two yet. The visions of the end of 
this age will be seen here in the states. Don't 
you know that every state that went out of the 
Union at the sixties lies between the thirtieth 
and fortieth parallels, just as old Palestine of the 
east does, and don't you know that the rebellion 



THE EDEN AGE 169 

broke out just sixty years before nineteen twenty- 
one ; or, in other words, at nineteen twenty-one 
people will point back to the rebellion, saying, 
just sixty years ago the rebellion broke out. You 
will notice that the cross that stands over the 
cross of the rebellion is the same distance inward 
from the beginning of this age as the rebellion 
cross is inward from the close of the age. That 
is this, the cross that closed the apostolic dispen- 
sation in the morning of this age was just sixty- 
five years and five-eighths inward from the begin- 
ning of the age, and the cross that opened up the 
evening apostolic dispensation stands imvard 
from the end of this age just sixty-five years and 
five-eighths. These are points by which we w r ill 
watch the ending of this A. D. Age. Now I re- 
alize this fact : There are but few people who will 
be able to comprehend the annunciation's mission 
in the fore part of this century, but toward the 
close of this century many persons can, by con- 
sulting its pages, comprehend the annunciation's 
mission at the morning of the century. There 
may be many people more than I think able to 
comprehend this writing, though founded on the 
prophetic rule. You will have to study the rule 
or scale on which it is written, and this many 
persons will not do at this present day, but as 
time rolls on, and this subject comes more into 
public discussion, toward the close of this cen- 



170 THE EDEN AGE 

tury, people will become more familiar with the 
subject, and blinding superstition will have less 
power, and hundreds of people will seek plain, 
simple truth more than we do at the present time. 
I have done the best I could in giving short ex- 
planations on all that I have commented on, and 
perhaps I have shortened my explanations too 
much to suit most people ; nevertheless, I think 
this best in this one special publication. 

But back to the study of history, by geograph- 
ical lines : The parallel along which all the 
visions of the prophetic writings will be wit- 
nessed is the fortieth. The parallel runs along 
over the greatest countries of the globe (see fig- 
ure seven) and it crosses the country occupied by 
the greatest powers of the world. What I mean 
is this : all the nations that have figured in the 
opening and closing of the three great ages have, 
according to common and prophetic history, 
lived and possessed territory on and along the 
fortieth parallel. During the time from Eden 
down to the flood, which was two thousand 
years, the time we refer to as being back of the 
flood, China was the most enterprising and ad- 
vancing nation on the globe. (We call them the 
yellow race.) When the twentieth century of 
that two thousand years began to dawn the na- 
tions were running to and fro among each other, 
and were having peace conferences, and were 



THE EDEX AGE 171 

signing peace treaties, until the}' had put about 
twenty-one years of their twentieth century past 
them. During that twenty-one years of their 
twentieth century, while the}' were running to 
and fro among one another, and singing peace, 
peace, peace, every one was just as busy as he 
could be silently preparing their great armies 
and strengthening their fortifications ; at the 
same time all signing peace treaties at peace con- 
ferences, and having luncheons, suppers, festi- 
vals, balls and meets, and doing honor to one 
another, until the limit of feasting was complete 
by the number of years passed, and their soldiery 
or armies were ready to begin what John the 
Revelator calls (Rev. xvi, 14, 16) the battle of 
that great day of God Almighty, "and he gath- 
ered them together in a place called in the He- 
brew tongue, Armageddon. 

THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON 

Armageddon, in the common tongue of to-day, 
is the first twenty-one years of the twentieth 
century, during which time you can see the signs 
of quarreling and fussing among all nations of 
the globe, whose interests are mixed with one 
another. They will eventually in time mistreat 
the treaties of one another until this mixing will 
terminate in great battles in this Armageddon 
century. Yes, this is the Armageddon century ; it 



172 THE EDEN AGE 

is the war century of the nations and closes the 
age. Don't you see the greatest battleships the 
world ever saw, and the mightiest guns, right 
now being prepared for the battles of this cen- 
tury ? I do ; I see the preparation for Armaged- 
- don began right at the first years of this twentieth 
century, and is going right ahead to this day. 
These things the people or nations will not heed, 
reach or understand, though it is written for their 
instruction in the holy word of God. 

Don't you remember John the Revelator said : 
"He that killeth with the sword, must be killed 
with the sword" ? Here is the patience and the 
faith of the saints. Yes, John spoke of this several 
times. But as these things are all written in fig- 
urative language in the book of Revelation the 
people will not study it until they understand it, 
but they turn it down and consider it past under- 
standing until the time is out, which time is the 
first twenty-one years of this twentieth century ; 
and when that time is up, as Ezekiel has said in 
forty-one and four, "So he measured the length 
thereof, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty 
cubits, before the Temple : and he said unto me, 
This is the most holy place." Yes, at the twen- 
tieth year of the twentieth century of each age is 
the most holy place. I know it, too. So in the 
twentieth year of the twentieth century of the 
Antediluvian Age was the most holy place, and 



THE EDEN AGE 173 

the great nation's feasting and frolicking was 
broken up by the God of Heaven, not mysteri- 
ously at all ; no, no, there got to be so much fraud, 
graft, theft, suicide, divorce, slander, lies, back- 
biting, enmity, hatred, blasphemy, disobedience, 
unthankful, unholy covenant breakers, and with- 
out natural affection, privately and publicly, re- 
ligiously and governmentally, and they began to 
break treaties, and the treaties between all the 
great nations were broken off, and world-wide 
national confusion prevailed throughout the 
whole civilized world at that time. The pro- 
phetic writers call the confusion that prevailed 
during that twentieth century the flood. 

And the nations quareled at that time among 
themselves, just as a family sometimes does, un- 
til they were all broken up. All love and har- 
mony between the nations was broken up and 
hatred prevailed. So all nations at that time had 
great treaties with each other, and as they began 
to enter their twentieth century at the end of that 
age they were doing just exactly like you see 
them doing now in the first twenty years of this 
twentieth century, holding the great feasts and 
festivals, and honoring one another and giving 
gifts, and it was the cup, the cup, the cup. (You 
know Christ and John the Revelator both men- 
tioned the cup.) And they were proclaiming 
peace, peace and plenty (Christ said, "And when 



174 THE EDEN AGE 

they say peace and safety then sudden destruc- 
tion cometh as travail upon a woman with 
child.") 

And before that twentieth century went out 
they started what John calls the battle of Arma- 
geddon, the wars of the twentieth century, in 
which all nations took part, and completely broke 
up all national relations ; and they were without 
any great national leaders from that time, until 
the days of Moses. During that four or five hun- 
dred years of confusion China become a sealed 
nation, that is, she became very strict and rigid 
in her laws, manners and customs, and became 
what we might call sealed up against other na- 
tions. The Jewish nations rose and fell during 
the twenty centuries from the flood to Christ, and 
at their twentieth century they became a sealed 
nation, and are sealed to this day. We, the Gen- 
tile nations, have governments and have risen 
and fallen through this twenty centuries, China 
as a nation staying sealed for four thousand years, 
until the first year of our twentieth century. 

THE UNSEALING OF CHINA 

Then we w T ent at the siege of Pekin the first 
year of Eden, which was Eden 1,4, 14 (April 14, 
1901), and unsealed her and opened her up to re- 
ceive the Ark of the Covenant, which is the keep- 
ing of the numbers, and now the Gentiles or Ro- 



THE EDEX AGE 175 

mans are to be sealed during this twentieth cen- 
tury, and the yellow nations should be the rising 
nations five hundred years from now ; so that 
China will again be the greatest nation by the 
close of this Eden thousand years. But China 
became a sealed nation during that twentieth cen- 
tury, which century was the cross from the Ante- 
diluvian Age to the Jewish Age, which century 
was called by the prophetic writers, "The Flood." 
And now during that twentieth century called 
by the prophetic writers "The Flood,' 7 which was 
four thousand years back, the great nation, which 
we might refer to as ancient China, at that time 
was the mightiest nation on the globe. And she 
began to see her decaying among the powers, and 
she could behold the fact that the patriarchal na- 
tions were plucking her cedars of Lebanon and 
were rising omvard and upward above her, for 
her day of excellency was past, and the Jewish 
Age was at hand, and the Jewish nations were 
to plant and grow their cedars of Lebanon unto 
heaven during their age of two thousand years 
to come, and it was the flood century, and the 
God of heaven was closing up the antediluvian 
law custom and habit, which law custom and 
habit must become dead, or, in other words, be 
cut off at the flood period. And God sealed up the 
great Chinese nation, and the patriarchal nations 
took the excellency and grew mighty and waved 



176 THE EDEN AGE 

their cedar bows in the breeze of advancement of 
the Jewish nations, on to the rise of the Medes 
and Persians, and on clown to the days of Alex- 
ander the Great, about three hundred and thirty- 
five years B. C., which was the warning to the 
Jewish nations that their twentieth century was 
nearing, and that the white or Gentile nations 
were plucking their cedars of Lebanon, and soon 
all Jewish laws, customs and habits must decay, 
become a back number, the Gentile laws and cus- 
toms to precede, and at the Christ century, which 
was nearing, would be the cross from the Jewish 
Age to the Gentile or Roman age, for the third 
age belonged to the Gentiles or Romans ; and as 
Paul, one of the seers during that century, re- 
marked, that through the blindness of the Jews 
and the bringing in of the Gentiles the riches of 
the world would again come back. Yes, the 
riches of the world was to come through the Gen- 
tiles, and they did. The discovery of all the ter- 
ritory of the briny deep was reclaimed by what 
we might term the Romans. And all the enter- 
prises of the world to-day are what they are by 
all nations and all individuals standing stanch 
for what they see to be right nationally, col- 
lectively and individually. And you and I are 
living at the dawn of the Antediluvian Age now, 
and we are the antediluvian nation plucking the 
cedars of Lebanon of all the nations of the east 



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L // 



hemisphere ; and let us not be too proud, for God 
is with the nations of the world through this age 
as He was through all past ages, and the time 
must come when a certain nation must rise up and 
pluck our cedars of Lebanon. Now I will show 
you why. The sun comes up at the extreme east, 
doesn't it? and passes over the globe from east 
to west, and it is the light of the world, and at the 
evening it departs from our sight at the extreme 
west and can not be seen by us any more until it 
again reaches the extreme east and visits that 
hemisphere first ; then it comes right on westward 
again until it gives us its full power. So with 
the nations that are the world's leaders, the power 
departs from them when the time comes, and will 
not return unto them again, until their time (age) 
comes. The power is with the yellow race 
through the Antediluvian Age, with the dark 
Jewish race through the Jewish Age, and the 
power is with the white or Roman race, through 
the Roman or Gentile Age. I speak as a historian 
of six thousand vears. 



THE NATIONS ON THE FORTIETH 
PARALLEL 

Watch the rise and fall of nations along the 
fortieth parallel. Now begin with me at the ex- 
treme east, and on the fortieth parallel. See 
here, it crosses Japan's territory, and now fol- 
lowing westward, it crosses Korea, and it enters 
the territory of the Chinese empire at Pekin, 
China, and following on through the Chinese em- 
pire it cuts off just a little point of the Russian 
empire's territory, then crosses the north of Tur- 
key's territory, and on over Greece and across 
the south point of Italy, and right over Spain's 
territory, and comes across the Atlantic Ocean 
and enters the United States territory just south 
of New York and just north of Washington City. 
Now this is the key to all ancient history, and on 
this parallel the visions of the nations that are to 
proclaim the end of the old age and the begin- 
ning of the new will be witnessed. 

Now if you get a map and look at it you will 
readily see that the United States and China are 
the only two large territories crossed by this par- 
allel. You know that China is the first and most 

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THE EDEX AGE 179 

ancient nation of the world to-day, and that the 
United States is the last and most modern nation 
of the world to-day. You know these are what 
might be called the first and last nations, and 
between the first and last the great exclusion bill 
or sheet was drawn up about the year eighteen 
hundred and ninety-six, and you know that the 
last nation visited the first in battle on the first 
year of this century, which is the first century 
of the first or Antediluvian Age. (See poetry, 
second verse.) Xow the first and last of the six 
thousand years is this present century, and com- 
pletes the full circle of the cherubim, and is the 
beginning of a new six thousand years, and is 
what I call the golden century, or altar of na- 
tional matrimony, and the uniting of the nations 
is at hand, and the uniting of the ages is at 
hand, and the greatest work of this golden 
century of the ages is to be executed by the 
golden-sunset nation of the sunset land, which is 
America. Her mission is to proclaim the sunset 
of the full circle of the three ages, the holy 
cherubim of God's word. This century is the 
twilight hour of the ages, and is typical of the 
twilight hour of. the day's time. God bless us. 
Many of us will never understand the great hand 
of suicide that is so prominent among us ; also 
the great divorce evil, which seems to be una- 
voidable ; also the terrible drink habit and great 



180 THE EDEN AGE 

thirst for fraud, robbery, murder and vices of 
every kind and character ; but I will say, watch 
the territory from east to west between the par- 
allels thirtieth and fortieth, for along there is the 
vision. 

Yes, the visions that were seen by all the Bible 
writers were seen on land lying between the 
thirtieth and fortieth parallels, and the men who 
wrote them lived on soil lying between them, and 
I am to-night sitting at home writing the annun- 
ciation on soil lying between them, and when you 
go to studying about it you will be wonderfully 
surprised to see the greatest light comes from 
such a study. Can't you look with me at Japan's 
country? It is between them. Then and there, 
just six thousand years ago, was seen the sunrise 
of the great visions, and from there they go to 
the Chinese territory. Japan and China are one 
and the same thing, and the visions of advance- 
ment for the coming two thousand years belong 
to the yellow nation, and will be with them until 
the close of this Eden Age, nineteen hundred 
years from now, and then they will enter their 
twentieth century, which will again flood them. 
Then the flood century will again cross them, to 
the dark or Jewish nations, or bloods, and the 
Jewish nations will begin to enter their age again, 
and that will bring the visions on westward into 
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THE EDEN AGE 181 

and the north part of British India, Persia and 
Turkey, and the north part of Arabia, all that ter- 
ritory lying between the thirtieth and fortieth 
parallels, and between the west boundary of 
China and the Mediterranean Sea, and it will 
again be two thousand years passing through 
that territory through that second age again, and 
then they will be nearing the Christ century, and 
then the white or Gentile bloods will begin com- 
ing in again, and at the Christ century will cross 
in full to the A. D. Age again. And that will 
bring the visions (the visions are visible prog- 
ress) still on westward around the Mediterranean 
Sea. Just as it was at the days of Christ tw r o 
thousand years ago, and during the first thousand 
years after Christ, the visions (visible progress) 
was in the Roman territory, and then during the 
following five hundred years, which brought us 
down the great highway of time to the close of 
fifteen hundred, A. D., the visions went up into 
England's territory, which is north of the fiftieth 
parallel and on the first meridian of the world's 
measure. Well, how came the visible progress to 
go up between parallel fifty and sixty ? For this 
reason : You will notice by consulting your geog- 
raphy that the climate of the temperate zone 
climbs to the seventieth parallel, which is just 
north of England several hundred miles at ex- 
actly the extreme north point of Norway and 



1 82 THE EDEN AGE 

Sweden. Nowhere on the whole globe does the 
north line of the temperate zone reach a point 
so far north as this. Nowhere. This, then, 
brings England in about the same climate that 
belongs to the fortieth parallel ; and for three 
hundred and fifty years or more the progressive 
vision was with England, and while the rapid 
changing visions were at the extreme north there 
was such rapid progress of changes that it was a 
blessing to England when the visions flew back- 
ward to America in the colonies ; for while the 
three times and a half, which is the progressive 
measuring reed, and was to England three hun- 
dred and fifty years, they were in a constant tur- 
moil. Religious beliefs and political beliefs were 
constantly changing, and the translation of the 
Holy Scriptures kept the rulers of church and 
state in constant dread and fear, and out of that 
great north light (see Ezekiel i, 4) "came a great 
cloud, and a fire unfolding itself, and a bright- 
ness was about it, and out of the midst thereof, 
as the color of amber out of the midst of the 
fire/' Yes, Ezekiel was right as he wrote his 
vision of the future, and foresaw by knowledge 
which God gave him by showing him that about 
thirteen hundred and fifty years after Christ the 
progressive visions would go north of the secret 
parallel, the fiftieth, and about that time the na- 
tions would be ready for the translation and 



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would introduce firearms in war, which thing 
John saw, and called fire and brimstone ; and 
while the vision was there they did establish the 
fire and powder fighting and did also establish 
the translation of the Holy Bible, the true his- 
tory of the ages. And at sixteen hundred the 
visions of progress and rapid changes flew, or, 
in other words (see Zachariah v, 9), they lifted 
the Ephah between the earth and the heaven. 
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, 
"Whither do these bear the Ephah?" And he said 
unto me, "To build it an house in the land of 
Shinar ; and it shall be established and set there 
upon her own base." 

And so the cherubim was established by six- 
teen hundred with the flaming sword, and the 
seed of the nation of progressive visions con- 
tended for an open Bible in their hand, did take 
King James' translation in their hand and come 
on westward to America, and then, at sixteen 
hundred and two, three, five and seven,- began the 
visions of progress in the territory in America 
(the land of Shinar) between the thirtieth and 
fortieth parallels. 

THE WHEEL ON THE HIGHWAY OF. TIME 

And they passed down the highway of time 
from sixteen hundred to sixteen hundred and 



1 84 THE EDEN AGE 

fifty. This put them past the first time. Then 
the wheels of time rolled on down the highway 
of time to seventeen hundred. This put them 
past the second time. (They were progressing 
rapidly, and were proud of it; yes, they were.) 
Then the wheel of time rolled on into the year 
seventeen hundred and fifty, and our fathers 
were wrestling mightily with progress. This put 
them past the third time. 

Then the wheel of time turned one-half, and 
that brought our fathers down the great highway 
of time to the end of the first three and a half 
times in America, and there was the year seven- 
teen hundred and seventy-six on the post of time. 
There was the great night of seventy-six, and 
seventy-seven overtook them, and while they tar- 
ried there Uncle Sam was born. This was the 
child contending with the king. This was the 
first mighty vision in America. Then the wheel 
of time turned over a little faster. It now turned 
over in twenty-four years, and brought them on 
down the highway of time to eighteen hundred, 
and changes were speeding right along, and the 
first time after the revolution was past. 

Then the wheel turned over again in twenty- 
four years, and it was eighteen hundred and 
twenty-four on the landmark. This put them past 
the second time after the revolution, and they 
were proud of their progress. 



THE EDEN AGE 185 

Then the wheel turned over again in twenty- 
four years, and the date was eighteen hundred 
and forty-eight. This put them past the third 
time after the revolution, and they were proud 
of their visible progress. Then the wheel turned 
one-half, twelve years, and brought them to a 
post along the highway of time, marked eighteen 
hundred and * sixty, A. D. Then night overtook 
our fathers, and they turned into the field of bat- 
tle and tarried there five years, from the fore part 
of the year of eighteen hundred and sixty-one 
to sixty-five, and the cherubim, the wheel of time 
and flaming sword, which turned every way to 
keep the tree of life, w r as w r onderful. But the 
enemy (Confederacy) they met there in the high- 
way of time was hard to wrestle w T ith, but they 
conquered and slew the enemy and started on 
their journey of progress again down the great 
highway of time. 

Now the wheel of time turned over more 
speedily than before. It now turned' over in 
twelve years, and brought us down the highway 
of time to the year eighteen hundred and seventy- 
seven. This was turning fast, was it not? Yes, 
sir, every twelve years was fast. This put us past 
the first time after the rebellion. 

Then the wheel turned over again in twelve 
years, and brought us to the year eighteen hun- 
dred and eighty-nine, and this put us past the 



186 THE EDEN AGE 

second time after the rebellion. And actually 
things were going at such a rapid gait that lots 
of the people could not keep pace with the visions 
of progress, but the nation's leaders kept shout- 
ing, "Come on, come on," and so did the spiritual 
or religious leaders. 

Now the wheel turned again, and I noticed 
the mark on the third great post after the rebel- 
lion and the figures of time were thus: 1901. 
And I said, nineteen hundred and one, A. D. 
Then said I, "There must now be a half turn, 
which is six years," and he said, 4k No, you have 
the wrong conception ; the wheel must turn over 
in half the time it has been turning, that is, the 
speed must be as fast again." "Well," said I, 
"who will be able to stay in or up with the wheel 
through the six years from nineteen hundred and 
one to nineteen hundred and seven?" Said he, 
"Some of the best ones and most speedy ones 
will not be able to keep pace with these speedy 
times. Graft and fraud will overtake them. 
Now," said he, "at the close of nineteen hundred 
and seven we will be past the three twelves and 
the six, which is forty-two years, and is the three 
and the half times following the rebellion. Then 
will begin the three sixes, the marking numbers 
at the year nineteen hundred and seven." Then, 
from the year nineteen hundred and seven to 
nineteen twenty-five the custom and habit of the 



THE EDEN AGE 187 

people will change so speedily that many can not 
keep up. And the national affairs will be contin- 
ually changing, and changing so fast that the na- 
tions will be continually altering and changing 
of treaties, until national discontent and confu- 
sion will reach a climax ; then the prophetic meas- 
ure will again begin to lengthen. And this will 
then cause the custom and habit of the people to 
be slower, and continue to grow slower until the 
first thousand years of this Eden Age is past ; 
then the prophetic three and a half will again be- 
gin to shorten and continue to grow shorter, and 
cause the people to again become speedy until 
the close of the Eden Age. 

THE ROUTE OF THE VISIONS 

The visions of progress appear at the begin- 
ning of the Eden Age, at the ship door of the 
yellow nations, the Japanese and Chinese ; they 
are with the visions of progress for the entire 
age of two thousand years ; then ends the Antedi- 
luvian Age, the age of the yellow nations. Then 
the twentieth century of that age breaks up their 
power, just as October and November break up 
this summer season's power; then what may be 
called the Jewish nation will again come into the 
progressive visions because the Jewish Age will 
again be at hand. 



1 88 THE EDEN AGE 

And the progressive visions will depart from 
the territory occupied by the yellow nations, be- 
cause by nature it no longer belongs to them ; 
and they become the sealed nation, and the great 
wars of conquering and overthrowing and subdu- 
ing of nations and the taking of territory will go 
to the Jewish nation during the twentieth century 
from now, which nation to-day has no territory, 
no flag, money or government. But in their age 
again the God of Heaven will raise them up a 
leader, and they will come into possession of the 
temporal power of the world (just like He raised 
Uncle Sam up for us and gave us rule over our 
enemies). Then progressive visions will leave 
Chinese territory. Then where and on what ter- 
ritory will they appear? Two thousand years 
from now they will be entering the Jewish Age 
(see figure one), which period of time is repre- 
sented between the arrow named Flood, and the 
arrow named Christ, which division of time holds 
the numbers five, six, seven and eight of the in- 
ner circle of the cherubim, in which divisions in 
time past lived the patriarchal fathers, Moses, 
Daniel, Zachariah, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, 
Malachi, and, in fact, all the Jewish nations lead- 
ers and prophets, who held the temporal power 
at that time, and whom God was with and fought 
their battles for them in time past ; and don't you 
believe that, in their age or season again, God 



THE EDEX AGE 189 

will be able to again raise up leaders for them 
just as He has raised up Uncle Sam at the begin- 
ning of this Eden Age for us, and give us na- 
tional leaders, and give us rule over our enemies 
to conquer them, subdue them, subdue their rul- 
ing, and take their territory, and dictate some 
things to them ? I do ; I believe it. I know it by 
God's word. I know that when the Jewish Age 
went out two thousand years ago the Gentile Age 
came in, and the Gentiles have been the progres- 
sive nation. But on what territory will the pro- 
gressive visions be in that age again ? Well, in 
the past Jewish Age, they were seen on that ter- 
ritory which lies between China's west boundary 
and the Mediterranean Sea, which country be- 
longs to Afghanistan, Persia and Turkey just 
now. Permit me to say all this country, that is, 
the chief part of it, lies between parallels thirty 
and forty, and I know in the Jewish Age again 
the visions of progress will be seen there, just 
as well as you know that during the time of No- 
vember and December corn shucking will be seen 
again. And I know that all through the Jewish 
Age the visions will be in that territory until the 
close of the age, and then it will be the Christ 
century to them at the close of their age, and then 
during their twentieth century their last privi- 
lege in Jerusalem will again be taken from them, 
just as it was in the past, and then the visions 



190 THE EDEN AGE 

of progress will move westward along the Med- 
iterranean Sea, just as it did in time past, in the 
days of Paul, until it fulls in the Romans as it 
did before, about one thousand and two hundred 
years after Christ. Then it will go north from 
the territory around the Mediterranean Sea to 
England's territory, and be with them again about 
three hundred and fifty years; and then what? 
It will not have another American wilderness to 
go to, will it? Then what will the progressive 
vision do? Where will it fly then? Now please 
explain your theory farther, for I am at the end. 
Then where will the vision go five thousand five 
hundred years from now ? Well, sir, in two thou- 
sand years from now will be the twentieth cen- 
tury of this Eden Age, and in the east hemisphere 
there will be some persons teaching the end of 
this Eden Age, which I am now introducing, and 
it will sound just as foolish and unreasonable to 
the majority of people at the close of this Eden 
Age as my teaching sounds unreasonable at the 
close of this A. D. Age and the birth of the Eden 
Age. I teach the end of this age by calling this 
twentieth century Eden. The end of the age 
teachers in the future will have to teach the end 
of this age by calling their twentieth century 
flood. They will have as hard a time trying to 
make the people believe the end of the age as 
Noah did, will they not? Well, just so one fam- 



THE EDEN AGE 191 

ily believes it, it is all right. Just. so the purpose 
God intends to accomplish is accomplished, is all 
there is to it any way. Only one family believed 
the end of the age teaching at the time of Noah, 
but it accomplished God's purpose ; so when I 
sometimes mention Eden to some they laugh and 
say, "Your case is worse than Noah's, because 
his family believed him, and there were eight of 
them, and there were but three of your family, 
and I doubt if the two believe you." Then we 
have a good hearty laugh, and just so, "so the 
purpose is accomplished." I enjoy the study of 
ancient history. It is a great study, and the study 
of time is a deep study, and is very interesting, 
and the study of history by geographical lines is 
very enlightening. But back to the question 
again. Where will the vision fly to from Eng- 
land again in the far distant future, as America 
is now under civilization and government, and 
not a wilderness ? Well, did you ever think about 
this country in the far distant future ? Did you 
ever think that this country could go back to the 
condition it was found in by Christopher Colum- 
bus? You know by these great mounds here in 
the chief states, the hermetically-sealed vaults of 
Nevada and the foundations of ancient cities in 
Arizona, that the highest stage of civilization once 
dwelt here, about five thousand years ago, and 
went down to the Indian condition during the 



192 THE EDEN AGE 

ages of time, which condition Christopher Colum- 
bus found it in at his discovery of the same. 
These things teach us there is the going down of 
civilization, government and country, and that 
there is the coming up of civilization, government 
and country. This we know to be true in the 
Americas, for we have seen this country or land 
rebuilt (see Jer. xxxii, 15), and put under civ- 
ilization and government during the three last 
centuries of this Gentile Age. 

Notice figure one ; see the noon hour on the 
cherubim is this Eden century, and then at the 
close of this century it will be just like the sun 
starting down after twelve o'clock of the day. 
The sun starts down at twelve o'clock, and at 
six it is almost gone. Now look at the cheru- 
bim. You readily see we are living in the time 
of the figure twelve at the Eden arrow, and at 
the close of this century the people who study 
national interests will observe the starting down 
of the nations, and at six o'clock on the cheru- 
bim is just three thousand years from now, and 
that is so long that no man living to-day will 
ever see the sunset of civilization on God's globe 
without studying it, will he? No, sir ; we live 
so short a time that we see but few world-wide 
changes. And if we want to see the overthrow 
of the world and the rebuilding of the same we 
must be taught that from Eden down through 



THE EDEN AGE 193 

the three thousand years unto the days of Moses 
the world is on the overthrow or going down. 
Then we must be taught that from the days of 
Moses to. the close of this century is three thou- 
sand years, and that during this three thousand 
years is the rebuilding and re-establishing of 
civilization and government throughout the 
whole world. Then the six thousand years is 
the coming up and going down, or, in other 
words, the overthrow and rebuilding of the 
world. Just like the sun going down from the 
hour of twelve to six, and rising from the hour 
of six to twelve. So on the cherubim we are 
near the going down numbers, and the going 
down will begin at the close of this century ; but 
it is three thousand years going down, and if we 
are not taught how and what the going down 
is we will never know it is going on. Intelli- 
gence never departs from the east hemisphere 
during the circle of the six thousand years> but 
the area of it diminishes very much. Intelli- 
gence rises in the east and goes out over the 
whole world, and puts everything under sub- 
jection, and practices and prospers until the 
numbers seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and 
twelve on the cherubim are past, and then it be- 
gins to go down. And it will go completely 
down out of the upper continent of the globe, 
which continent is the Americas, during the six 



194 THE EDEN AGE 

thousand years, the circle of the cherubim ; then 
the sunset land reverts to nature for rest until 
the twelfth five hundred years of the cherubim, 
which is the close of the three great ages. Then 
the sunset land again comes back from the nat- 
ural condition to civilization and government. 
So you readily see where the vision will go to 
from the country of England five thousand and 
five hundred years from now. Yes, Ecclesiastes 
says the earth abideth forever. The history of 
the six thousand years abideth forever. Yes, 
the word of God abideth forever, and God and 
Christ are the same to-day yesterday and for- 
ever, world without end, Amen. 

THE NAME OF THE DIVISIONS OF TIME IN EACH 

HEMISPHERE DURING THE CIRCLE OF 

SIX THOUSAND YEARS 

Now watch closely the thought. Two thou- 
sand years from now the nations of the east hem- 
isphere will be at the flood century. Two thou- 
sand years from now the nations of this west 
hemisphere will be at the mound-building cen- 
tury, the turtle century. Four thousand years 
from now the nations of the east hemisphere 
will be at the Christ century. Four thousand 
years from now the nations of this west hemi- 
sphere will be at the wolf century. Eden, Flood 
and Christ are the names of the three closing 



THE EDEN AGE 195 

centuries of the ages on my cherubim. Bear, 
Turtle and Wolf are the names of the three clos- 
ing centuries of the ages on the Indians' cher- 
ubim. During the third and fourth thousand 
years from now the Jews will come into poses- 
sion of government and territory again in the 
east hemisphere. During the third and fourth 
thousand years from now, the Indian condition 
will come upon this west hemisphere and the 
Indian laws and customs will again prevail in 
this America. Forty centuries from now the 
nations of the east hemisphere will be at the 
Christ century, which is the scattering century 
of the Jewish tribes of the east hemisphere 
(Matt, xxvi, 31). Then saith Jesus unto them, 
"All ye shall be offended because of me this 
night, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd 
and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered 
abroad. Forty centuries from now the Indians 
of this west hemisphere will be at the wolf cen- 
tury, which is the scattering century of the In- 
dian tribes of this west hemisphere, Americas, 
and great commotion will prevail among them 
during that century, just as the great commo- 
tion prevails among the intelligent tribes or na- 
tions of the east continent at the end of the age. 
During the twentieth century of each age the 
nations in both continents or hemispheres un- 
dergo a great national change. Commotion and 



196 THE EDEN AGE ■ 

disturbance of national or tribal affairs comes 
upon them which marks the end of the age in 
both hemispheres. The Indian national leaders 
kept this circle of the cherubim of time through 
the five thousand years' time here in America, 
just as it was kept by the national leaders of 
the east. I have used the three names on my 
cherubim, Eden, Flood and Christ, which are 
the names used by the historians of the east hem- 
isphere. The Indian used the three names, or de- 
signs rather, bear, turtle and wolf. The head of all 
maps is toward the north ; so my cherubim head 
is Eden, and the Indian's cherubim head is the 
bear, the northern animal, which indicates the 
head of his prophetic timepiece. The second 
design on my cherubim is flood, and indicates 
inundation. The second design on the Indian's 
cherubim is the turtle, and indicates inundation. 
The third head on my cherubim is Christ, and 
indicates the scattering of the Jewish tribes in 
the east hemisphere. The third design on the 
Indian's cherubim is wolf, and indicates the 
scattering of the tribes of the Indians here in 
the west hemisphere. 

THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF ALL THE TRIBES 
AND NATIONS OF THE WORLD 

"Thus saith the Lord, I will gather them to- 
gether out of all the countries whither I have 



THE EDEN AGE 197 

scattered them. Not for your own sakes do I do 
this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you : 
be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, 

house of Israel. Thus saith the Lord God. In 
the day that I shall have cleansed you from all 
your iniquities, I will also cause you to dwell 
in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 
And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it 
lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by" 
(meaning the Americas) /'and they shall say, This 
land that was desolate is become like the Garden 
of Eden." (That is just what I say, too ; it is just 
as it was at Eden before.) "And the waste and 
desolate and ruined cities are become fenced and 
are inhabited. Then the heathen that are left 
round about you shall know 7 that I, the Lord, 
will build the ruined places and plant that that 
was desolate ; I the Lord have spoken it, and I 
will do it. Thus saith the Lord God ; I will yet 
for this be inquired of by the house of Israel to 
do it for them ; I will increase them with men like 
a flock. As the holy flock, as the flock of Jeru- 
salem in her solemn feasts, so shall the waste 
cities be filled w T ith flocks of men, and they shall 
know that I am the Lord." So reads the last 
verses of Ezekiel, thirty-sixth chapter. I think 

1 can see that the great wastes are about all 
built up at the close of the six thousand years 
since Eden of old. Eden was the name of this 



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country six thousand years ago, and it is the 
name of it now, as it is here again. December 
was the name of this month six centuries ago, 
and now it has been here six hundred times and 
more, and every time this period of time comes 
it is called December. So whenever the period 
of time comes that you see the whole world re- 
built, and all nations gathering together in world 
fairs, feasts and festivals, then the season of 
Eden is again here. And this Eden century is 
the gathering together of all nations. That is 
why I call it the golden altar of national matri- 
mony, because it is the marriage supper of the 
Lamb of God, and John says, "And he saith unto 
me, Write, blessed are they which are called unto 
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith 
unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And 
I fell at his feet to worship him, and he said unto 
me, See thou do it not ; I am thy fellow servant, 
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of 
Jesus ; worship God, for the testimony of Jesus 
is the spirit of prophecy." (Rev. xix, 10.) They 
that are called to the marriage supper is this 
United States people, for they are the ones that 
have the testimony of Jesus, and in them will be 
found the testimony, and it is the spirit (life and 
power) of prophecy. 

In this nation will be found the prophetic read- 
ers at the close of the age. Do not take my word 



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for it, but watch for yourself. The time is at 
hand, and an}' man who organizes a band, body 
or church, on his views or visions, will in very 
few years find himself forsaken and kicked out 
by the very band he organized, or, in other 
words, the band he united. The days of exclu- 
siveness are past, and Jesus Christ's church was 
established for the redemption of the world. 
Watch for the redemption of the world. Here's 
the secret. God bless us all. 



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THE ROSE OF SHARON 




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THE ROSE OF SHARON 

The rose of Sharon is the numbers of time in 
a circle. You will notice in it the three divisions 
of time, the six divisions of time and the twelve 
divisions of time. These represent the trees in 
line in the circle or angelic garden, and the num- 
bers thirteen and fourteen, you notice, stand in 
the midst of the garden and represent the two 
trees in the midst of the garden, which are the 
tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good 
and evil. And we keep eating, which means con- 
suming time or eating time, until the full circle 
is eaten up, or, in other words, is consumed, and 
then when the twelve divisions are past we go 
into the thirteenth division, which number is the 
tree of life, which number of time is not in the 
line of the circle, and is the invisible number to 
the persons not skilled in the prophetic count. 
This way the twelve is the complete circle, and 
the person not skilled in the prophetic count does 
not, and can not, see where we get the thirteenth 
and fourteenth quarter until he studies the theme 
and comes to understand that the thirteen and 
fourteen are nothing more than the first and sec- 
ond quarters of the next circle of time. The 
number fourteen is the tree of knowledge of 
good and evil, and just as soon as the fourteenth 
number of time is consumed, eaten, or past, then 
we, in a national sense, get our eyes open and be- 






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come as gods, knowing good and evil ; then we 
are driven out of that garden or circle of time, or 
dispensation of time, into a new circle of time, 
which is a new garden, with the same numbers 
again — just like a new year, with the same 
months again. (See article eight.) When the 
king ate of the thirteenth and fourteenth divi- 
sions of time then he was driven out of the an- 
gelic circle at seventeen hundred and seventy- 
six, and confederacy was driven out of the an- 
gelic circle at eighteen hundred and sixty-five, 
and I predict that before long another party will 
be driven out of this present circle or angelic 
garden. For if I am reading the figurative writ- 
ings of the Holy Bible correctly the time will go 
out during the year nineteen hundred and seven. 
The signs in all the religious bodies of the land 
are pointing that way. The signs in all the polit- 
ical bodies of the land are pointing that way. 
The signs in all the social bodies of the land are 
pointing that way. I am certain that we can be- 
gin looking for great confusion in our spiritual 
and temporal governments, which confusion can 
not be averted by any man, but will become so 
great that it will change the course or trend of 
the nations from the present custom and habit to 
what God requires. John says, "Blessed is he 
that readeth, and they that hear the words of 
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written therein, for the time is at hand.'' (Rev. i, 
3.) My people, I know there are but few persons 
who will ever read it to you, and I know there 
are but few persons who will hear it, for this 
reason : The book of Revelation is the mathe- 
matical count of time, and must be read by num- 
ber, and there are but few persons who will ever 
read to you the divisions of time, and there are 
but few persons who w r ill ever hear the divisions 
of time read or explained. Why ? Because the 
expounding or teaching of the divisions of time 
is for the twentieth century, and is for the teach- 
ing of the ages, and the sealing of the nations. 
John speaks after this manner: "The leaves of 
the tree w r ere for the healing of the nations. Also 
the nations of them which are saved shall walk in 
the light of it ; and the kings of the earth do 
bring their glory and honor into it, and they shall 
bring the glory and honor of the nations into it," 
etc. (See Rev. xxi, 24 to close.) This is national. 
This is national. This is national. - One, two, 
three. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. 

"And he saith unto me, these sayings are faith- 
ful and true, and the Lord God of the holy 
prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants 
the things which must shortly be done. Behold, 
I come quickly ; blessed is he that keepeth the 
sayings of the prophecy of this book. Even so, 
come, Lord Jesus." 



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THE BOOK OF LIFE. 

This represents a little book open, and the in- 
scription is the same on each page ; it is the holy 
numbers of time. 

The first line of figures is the three and a half 
times, and it is the Hebrew count of time. 

The second line of figures is the seven times, 
and it is the Greek count of time. 

The third line of figures is the fourteen times, 
and it is the Latin count of time, called the four- 
teen stations from the birth of Christ unto His 
crucifixion. 

This represents the superscription, or title, that 
Pilate wrote over Christ's head : It is eight words, 
as follows : 
Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. 

(0 (*)_ (3) (4) (5) (6)- (7) (8) 
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pi- 
late, "Write not, The King of the Jews ; but that 
he said, 

I am King of the Jews." 
(i) (2) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) (5) (6) 

Many chief priests, preachers and leaders of the 
public mind no doubt will say that I should not 

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have written the eight words or numbers ; but 
what I have written I have written. 

Then the soldiers (notice the word soldiers), 
when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments 
and made four (notice the number four) parts; 
to every soldier a part (there must have been four 
soldiers crucified him) ; and also his coat; now 
the coat was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. They said, therefore, among them- 
selves, "Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, 
whose shall it be" ; that the scripture might be ful- 
filled, which saith, "They parted my raiment, and 
for my vesture they did cast lots." These things, 
therefore, the soldiers did. (Yes, the soldiers 
did.) And the soldiers continue unto this day 
parting the government, which is the raiment of 
Jesus Christ, at the close of the fourteen stations 
of time. And the soldiers to this day cast lots 
for his seamless coat. See John xix, 19-25. 

See Luke xv, 28, "And the scripture was ful- 
filled, which said, And he was 'numbered' with 
the transgressors." Yes, "numbered." 

His number is six hundred threescore and six 
at the revealing, and His number is eight at the 
crucifix. I understand this. You may not if you 
have not given it a great amount of study. And 
I positively will not dwell long on any topic in 
this annunciation. 

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from the hand of the angel (Rev. x, 2). The 
book was open, not closed, and the angel told him 
to take it, and eat it up ; and it shall make thy 
belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet 
as honey. 

I have eaten the book, and must prophesy for 
John, — or speak these things from his writings, 
just as the preachers of the churches preach the 
gospel for the apostles from their writings, their 
preaching accomplishes the things the Lord in- 
tends for the gospel to at this day and time, by 
the living and willing human beings that sacrifice 
many pleasures and privileges and stand before 
you at all times ministering as priests and preach- 
ers of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

And my prophesying for John, the Revelator, 
from the book of Revelation, which is his writ- 
ings, will accomplish just whatever the Lord in- 
tends it to, at this day and time, and I am a 
living and willing human being that has sacrificed 
every selfish desire and view of politics and re- 
ligion and become isolated in my views and among 
my associates and stand before you as a prophet, 
ministering without respect to creeds or persons, 
the prophesy of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 

The eleventh verse of the seventeenth chapter 
of Revelation reads as follows: "And the beast 
that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is 
of the seven, and goeth into perdition." Into hell. 



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war. John also said the number of the beast is 
the number of a man. The beast is the man of 
war (man in prophecy means people), the fight- 
ing power of the government, the holy people that 
protect us, and keep the holy law of God and pre- 
serve our nation. Our soldiery is our nation's 
Lord or ruler, it's our fiery rod of iron by which 
the nation is ruled, and the soldiery is called by all 
the prophetic writers : The holy people. Don't 
you remember Daniel told you it shall be for a 
time, times, and a half; and when he shall have 
accomplished to scatter the power of the holy 
people, all these things shall be finished. 

Christ will be plainly and simply taught during 
his dispensation of time which is numbered six, 
six, six. (See figure two, article eleven.) There 
were three crosses reared to complete the cruci- 
fixion of Christ; when this was done (See Matt, 
xxvii, 54) them the centurion (a military officer), 
and they that were with him watching Jesus (the 
holy divisions of time), saw the earth quake (the 
great war which is the shaking up of the people), 
and those things that were done, they feared 
greatly, saying, "Truly, this was the Son of God." 
Two is creation, and three is completion, and 
when the third cross is reared in this Palestine 
country of America, between the thirtieth and the 
fortieth parallels, there will be many people teach- 
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many people teaching the end of the Jewish age 
two thousand years ago at its visible close. Christ 
is the Man, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and 
the end, the first and the last, and Christ must be 
taught. The Revelation is the revelation of Jesus 
Christ, the beginning and the end, and will reveal 
Him if properly taught during this Christ dispen- 
sation, which is the first twenty-one years of this 
twentieth century. Christ was the overthrow of 
the Jews while the keeping of the numbers of 
time was w 7 ith them. Christ is the overthrow of 
the Gentiles, while the keeping of the numbers of 
time is with them. The keeping of the numbers 
of time must go over to the Chinese nation about 
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one. (Eden 

21, 4, 3-) 

Then the Gentiles will be permitted to behold 
the holy millennial reign of peace at the close of 
this Gentile age. 

All our holy writers that have written such 
books as "The Millennial Dawn," "The Voice of 
the Seven Thunders," "Opening the Book of the 
Seven Seals," and many other holy writers of 
books too numerous to mention, have all done 
their part, holy and true, in the cause of the re- 
vealing of Jesus Christ. 

Now, later on down the highway of time, I 
am, by their aid and my own study of the visions 
of God's word, permitted to hand you this book. 



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which is a continuation and a furtherance of the 
thought they have in view, and is the new thought 
that is due us at the opening of this new century 
and new age, and at this time we must make the 
change in our teaching by word and teach by 
number. For Christ is revealed by number. 

The figures in this book are pictures of the 
furniture of the holy temple of God. 

DICTIONARY TO THE HOLY NUMBERS. 

One, is seed. Two, is creation. Three, is the 
end of the age. Four, holds the wonderful event. 
Five, holds the secret. Six, is the finisher. Seven, 
is the revealer. Eight, is a repeater of the first. 

Remember this : There are two sticks, or meas- 
uring reeds. (See Ezek. xxxvii, 16.) There is 
the national measuring reed, and there is the gov- 
ernmental measuring reed. On the first reed is 
the three times and a half, which is the nation's 
measure ; at the end of this measure the nation 
must change. On the second reed is the three 
times and a half, which is the government's meas- 
ure ; at the end of this measure the government 
must change. Nations and governments are meas- 
ured and numbered by God, and it is written in 
the word of God, and will always be taught by 
man, his servants on earth, in their proper season, 
but before the nation will read up and accept the 



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universal teaching of the servants who know the 
times and seasons which the Father has put in 
his power, and foreknow these things ; they will 
lay the land most desolate. 

Now I have said enough on the book of life. 

God bless all the writers and speakers on the 
Bible, His word, for their works are holy and 
true ; and I would to God that the members of all 
the religious assemblies of our land would live 
more in obedience to their professions, and the 
trust committed to their care. 

God bless us all, and give us union, not di- 
vision ; give us peace, not confusion. 

Let us all speak the same thing. 

The bounds of my love for all people, kindred, 
tongue and tribe, are unlimited in the annuncia- 
tion. 

Holy and True. 

Union forever. 

Amen. 



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To the children that follow after. Yours in 
Christ (Eden 5, 12 and 31). 

Your servant, 

S. O. McClung. 



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